INCREASING BALKANISATION: Nations such as Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey have blocked Internet access to control information flows when they perceived content as a threat to the current regime, a survey of experts said.
WASHINGTON: The future of an open Internet faces threats from government crackdowns, and "balkanisation" resulting from growing concerns over broad electronic surveillance, a survey of experts showed Thursday.
The Pew Research Center said a majority of experts and others in the opt-in survey were generally optimistic about Internet freedom but that a significant number expressed concerns.
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