Editing Telecommunications in Bolivia (section)

===Internet censorship and surveillance===

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet. The [[Constitution of Bolivia|Bolivian constitution]] and law provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[Freedom of the press|press]]. Although the government generally respects these rights, in at least two cases in 2012, the government used the anti-racism law to restrict both rights.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Bolivia-2012/> Some senior government officials also verbally harassed members of the press corps. Bolivian law prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence and the government generally respects these prohibitions, but there have been allegations that the government does not always respect the law. Defamation remains a criminal offence.

* Concerns were raised over a 2010 anti-discrimination law. Its "far-reaching and vague" language could be used to curb and punish legitimate journalism, warned the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]].<ref name=BBCNews-2012>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1210487.stm#media "Bolivia country profile: Media"], ''BBC News''', 2 August 2012.</ref> 
* On 21 October 2012, [[Álvaro García Linera|Vice President Garcia Linera]] stated that the government records the names of people who insult [[Evo Morales|President Morales]] on [[social media]] sites.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Bolivia-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204430 "Bolivia"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 20 March 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.</ref>
* On 23 October 2012, the [[Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal|Constitutional Court]] struck down the [[libel]] law that allowed for detention of one month to four years for a person found guilty of insulting, defaming, or slandering public officials.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Bolivia-2012/>
* On 2016, after the [[Bolivian constitutional referendum, 2016|Constitutional Referendum]], the government considered the win of the option of NO a "dirty game" but it avoid endangering his government decided to cancel a bill to restrict social networks when insulting [[President of Bolivia|President]] [[Evo Morales]] and his acts of corruption (like the Gabriela Zapata's case). But a law is going to be launched in April or May 2016.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}