Editing Telecommunications in Togo (section)

==Internet==

'''[[Top-level domain]]:''' [[.tg]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]:'''
* 278,442 users, 144th in the world; 4.0% of the population, 191st in the world (2012);<ref name=NIUCalc>Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref>
* 356,300 users, 123rd in the world (2009).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]:''' 5,560 subscriptions, 158th in the world; 0.1% of the population, 170th in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>

'''[[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]:''' 47,892 subscribers, 125th in the world; 0.7% of the population, 135th in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>

'''[[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]:'''
* 1,168 hosts, 170th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2014/>
* 1,165 hosts, 169th in the world (2011).<ref name=CIAWFB-Togo-2012/>

'''[[List of countries by IPv4 address allocation|IPv4]]:''' 13,312 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 1.9 addresses per 1000 people (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>

===Internet censorship and surveillance===
There are no known government restrictions on access to the Internet or reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight. Although the constitution provides for [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press|press]], the government restricts these rights.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Togo-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204178 "Togo"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.</ref>

The constitution and law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these prohibitions. In criminal cases a judge or senior police official may authorize searches of private residences. Citizens believe the government monitors telephones and correspondence, although such surveillance has not been confirmed.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Togo-2012/>