"Targeted censorship of web content by governments is widespread across the globe”, the report claims. It found that moderate to extensive blocking or filtering of politically sensitive content was reported in over 30 per cent of Web Index countries during the past year. Even in the developed world, the report found that legal limits on “government snooping online” urgently need to be reviewed. In 94 per cent of countries surveyed, the standards for checks and balances on government interception of electronic communications that have been defined by the World Wide Web Foundation were not being met.