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Image by Internet Freedom Foundation. CC-BY In several South Asian countries, press and internet freedom were challenged in the year 2021. According to the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, Bangladesh at 152 has slipped down one position in the annual ranking of 180 countries, while Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka remained at 145th, 142nd and 127th positions respectively. Countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives, however, moved up in the ranking. While the controversial Digital Security Act (2018) in Bangladesh and the 2021 Information Technology Rules of the Indian IT Act (2000) continue to mak…