Representational photo BigstockGlobal organization Freedom House published a report after conducting a survey on 65 countriesBangladesh has been called partly free in terms of using the internet, according to the latest report of Freedom House, a global organization working for the expansion of freedom and democracy. Bangladesh scored 44 points - the highest being 100, and the lowest 0 on a 100-point scale - and was categorized as "partly free." Based on the score, Freedom House assigns the following internet freedom ratings: 100-70= Free, 69-40= Partly Free, 39-0= Not Free. According to it, internet freedom is increasingly imperilled by the tools and tactics of digital authoritarianism, which have spread rapidly around the globe. As a result of these trends, global internet freedom declined for the ninth consecutive year in 2019.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 06, 2019 07:30 UTC