A security message is seen on a Whatsapp screen in this illustration photo April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration
WASHINGTON: Governments around the world have stepped up efforts to block or censor social media and messaging applications, in a new blow to Internet freedom, a watchdog group said.
The Freedom on the Net report by the activist group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 2016 for a sixth consecutive year amid new restrictions on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp in addition to social networks.
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