In its most recent Human Freedom Index report, the Cato Institute ranked Malta 13 of 18 Western European Countries. Banning social media is one tool at the military’s disposal to stop protestors from organising and communicating. Facebook, for example, went down on the 4th of February, and other social media sites were also soon restricted. VPNs are just one tool in pro-democracy protests, and it shouldn’t be forgotten that they are simply a key to getting to what’s really important, social media. But authoritarian regimes are wiser now to the power of social media, and they have tried to shut them down before and during periods of unrest.

Source: Libya Today March 12, 2021 08:37 UTC