Central Asia is stepping up battles with tech giants. Russia’s playbook is a model.

In accordance with the Web freedom scores from Freedom House, a pro-democracy suppose tank, each Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are thought of “not free.” Two different Central Asian nations, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, should not ranked in any respect, however Freedom Home identified that each have used “wholesale blackouts” of reports portals and social media platforms to suppress potential anti-government chatter. Solely Kyrgyzstan, among the many former Soviet republics in Central Asia, is ranked “partly free” for Web openness.