Projects to expand internet infrastructure were implemented during the coverage period. Of this total, 51 percent of connections were above 20 Mbps, 9 percent between 10 and 20 Mbps, and 11 percent between 6 and 10 Mbps. In September 2020, CABASE reported an increase in internet speeds above 6 megabits per second (Mbps), representing 71 percent of total connections. Measurements of internet speed in Argentina vary, but a range of sources show that the country lags behind global averages and that speeds are slower than those in several other Latin American countries. The chamber has promoted investment in Fiber Optic Home (FTTH) networks, which grew by 34.58 percent in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous year. 3Īccording to 2020 data from the Argentine Internet Chamber (CABASE), fiber-optic connections represent only 12.51 percent of the total fixed internet connections in the country. There were 31.6 million mobile internet users in the first trimester of 2021, a decrease of 0.1 percent from two years prior. In the first quarter of 2021, there were 7.68 million fixed internet subscriptions, a 2.8 percent increase compared to the previous year. In June 2020, intelligence services were reported to have assembled dossiers on over 400 journalists in 20 that included information from their social media accounts and flagged critics of former president Mauricio Macri (see C5).Īrgentina’s internet penetration rate is among the highest in Latin America, with more than 75 percent of the population able to access the internet according to 2017 data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the most recent available. During the reporting period, new evidence revealed that the government had monitored journalists’ online activities.Separately, an investigative journalist was charged with attempted extortion after a judge ruled that requesting a comment from a source via WhatsApp amounted to participation in an extortion scheme (see C3). Legal proceedings and criminal complaints were lodged against online users, including journalists who commented about the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media.The decision was seen as a direct result of protests that had been sparked by a 2015 Twitter hashtag campaign (see B8). Years of online mobilization around women’s rights issues contributed to Congress’s decision to legalize abortion in December 2020.An August 2020 presidential decree suspended internet service price increases through the end of the year, and a plan requiring companies to offer low-cost packages to low-income customers was launched in December 2020 (see A1 and A2). The government announced several initiatives to reduce the socioeconomic digital divide.Emergency Assistance and Thematic Programs.Afghanistan Human Rights Coordination Mechanism.Government Accountability & Transparency.
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