Bahrain is regarded as an enemy of the Internet according to the Reporters without Borders' 2014 report and is ranked second in the number of detained journalists per capita in 2013 according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Bahrain inaonekana kuwa adui wa Mtandao wa Intaneti kwa mujibu wa Taarifa ya 2014 ya shirika la Reporters without Borders na imeshikilia nafasi ya pili kwa idadi ya waandishi wa habari waliokamatwa nchini humo kwa mwaka 2012 kwa mujibu wa Kamati ya Kulinda Waandishi wa Habari.