Editing Telecommunications in Guinea (section)

==Internet==

* [[Top-level domain]]: [[.gn]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Guinea-2014/>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 
** 4,563 million users; 38% of the population (2019),<ref name="Statistique">[https://www.arpt.gov.gn/sites/default/files/Documentation/observatoire_t1_2019.pdf] ''ARPT OBSERVATOIRE 2019.''</ref>
** 3,131 million users; 27% of the population (2017) <ref name=Statistique/>
** 2,147 million users; 20% of the population (2014)<ref name=Statistique/>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 762 subscriptions, 183rd in the world; less than 0.05% of population, 189th 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="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]]: Unknown (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]]: 15 hosts, 223rd in the world (2012).<ref name=CIAWFB-Guinea-2014/>
* [[List of countries by IPv4 address allocation|IPv4]]: 4,096 addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 0.4 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 Service Provider]]s: several ISPs including SKYVISON, ETI Bull, and Vizocom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.vizocom.com/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Vizocom - Leading ICT, Security, VSAT Internet, Cyber Security, Supply Chain in the Middle East, Africa |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Internet censorship and surveillance===
There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or credible reports that the government monitors [[e-mail]] or Internet [[chat rooms]] without judicial oversight.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Guinea-2012>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dlid=204127 "Guinea"], ''Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012'', Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 3 April 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2014.</ref>

The constitution and law provide for [[freedom of speech]] and [[freedom of the press|of the press]], but the government, nevertheless, restricts these freedoms. [[Libel]] against the head of state, [[slander]], and false reporting are subject to heavy fines. Some journalists accuse government officials of attempting to influence the tone of their reporting with inappropriate pressure and bribes. Some journalists hire bodyguards, and many practice [[self-censorship]]. Although the constitution and law provide for the inviolability of the home and legal searches require judicial search warrants, police reportedly ignore legal procedures in the pursuit of criminal suspects or when it serves their personal interests.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Guinea-2012/>