The UK has fallen from position 25 to 23 since 2009 in Freedom House’s rating.
The democracy watch dog reports that “Even in more democratic countries—such as Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom—internet freedom is increasingly undermined by legal harassment, opaque censorship procedures, or expanding
surveillance”.
The full report is at a https://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fotn/2011/FOTN2011.pdf