Study: North Korea, China, and Russia top internet censorship charts

A new study published by Comparitech.com, a site that compares privacy tools, ranks countries on how much they exercise internet censorship. The study says North Korea takes the crown, while China is on the second spot followed by Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan. The website has taken a total of 10 factors into account: Torrents restricted Torrents banned Pornography restricted Pornography banned Political media restricted Political media heavily censored Social Media restricted Social Media banned VPNs restricted VPNs banned [Read: Internet partially restored in Kashmir after 165 days — social media still blocked ] North Korea scores a whopping 10 out of 10…

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