Internet works best when its uncensored and given full freedom of accessing the information on the web. the extent of Internet censorship varies on a country-to-country basis. While some counties have little Internet censorship, other countries go as far as to limit the access of information such as news and suppress discussion among citizens. Internet censorship can also come about due to events such as the Arab Spring, which led to instances of censorship in an attempt to undermine the protesters. Through 2010 the OpenNet Initiative had documented Internet filtering by governments in over forty countries worldwide.
While its mostly internet service providers that are more likely to block content or websites based on the sensitivities and security of a particular region like for eg. China has the most filtered internet content (a.k.a great firewall of china) but that has not prevented technically savvy citizens to unblock the restrictions by the internet providers to accesses to western news, opinions and social media sites.
