Central Europe’s Digital Freedom Struggle
A quarter-century ago, when the Berlin Wall fell and the Iron Curtain rose, the people of Central Europe chose capitalism over communism and democracy over dictatorship. Today, however, the region's four ex-communist countries are turning in a disappointingly mixed performance when it comes to promoting and protecting Internet freedom.
PRAGUE β A quarter-century ago, when the Berlin Wall fell and the Iron Curtain rose, the people of Central Europe chose capitalism over communism and democracy over dictatorship. Today, however, citizens of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia β the region's four ex-communist countries β are turning in a disappointingly mixed performance when it comes to promoting and protecting Internet freedom.