; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) (1) The report required by subsection (b) shall include an assessment of freedom of expression with respect to electronic information in each foreign country. Such assessment shall consist of the following: (A) An assessment of the general extent to which internet access is available to and used by citizens in each country. (B) An assessment of the extent to which government authorities in each country attempt to filter, censor, or otherwise block or remove nonviolent expression of political or religious opinion or belief via the internet, as well as a description of the means by which such authorities attempt to block or remove such expression. (C) An assessment of the extent to which government authorities in each country have persecuted, prosecuted, or otherwise punished an individual or group for the peaceful expression of political, religious, or ideological opinion or belief via the internet. (D) An assessment of the extent to which government authorities in each country have sought to collect, request, obtain, or disclose personally identifiable information, or other information that could be used to classify individuals into a historically discriminated category based on a person’s nonviolent expression of political, religious, or ideological opinion or belief, including without limitation communication that would be protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. (E) An assessment of the extent to which wire communications and electronic communications are monitored without regard to the principles of privacy, human rights, democracy, and rule of law. (2) In compiling data and making assessments for the purposes of paragraph (1), United States diplomatic personnel shall consult with human rights organizations, technology and internet companies, and other appropriate nongovernmental organizations. (3) In this subsection— (A) the term electronic communication has the meaning given such term in section 2510 of title 18,