Burma tops the list of places not to blog from

The committee to protect journalists has produced a list of the 10 worst places to blog from in terms of press freedom

Executive Director Joel Simon says in their report that

“Bloggers are at the vanguard of the information revolution and their numbers are expanding rapidly.But governments are quickly learning how to turn technology against bloggers by censoring and filtering the Internet, restricting online access and mining personal data. When all else fails, the authorities simply jail a few bloggers to intimidate the rest of the online community into silence or self-censorship.”

Issued to coincide with World Press Freedom Day,on May 3,Burma tops the list of countries where it would be better not to commit thoughts to screen followed by

Iran,Syria,Cuba,Saudi Arabia,Vietnam,Tunisia,China,Turkmenistan and Egypt