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Fair incisive point.<br>
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But one can also make rough determinations from political
positioning, kinda like single rooters used to do, despite the
technical capability... <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/01/17 05:24 PM, Robert Guerra
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<div>Just because Freedom House gets its funding for the report
from the US State Department (as well as other foreign govts may
I add) isn't , I believe, sufficient grounds to summarily
dismiss the report findings.</div>
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<div>If you or others have issues with the report, then the most
strategic way to challenge the findings is with actual data. For
instance, it would be interesting to see if a 3rd party using
their same methodology would achieve the same aggregate scores
for the countries surveyed. </div>
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<div>My personal view is that the scores for the US & UK
would, in an independent review, would be far lower - indicating
a far more contested digital rights environment. </div>
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<div>regards</div>
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<div>Robert</div>
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