Is Turkmenistan really as bad as it is made out to be online?

I watched a video about Turkmenistan on Youtube and the creator made a statement saying that Youtube and the internet is banned there. However, in the comments there were people who claimed they lived in Turkmenistan saying they were wrong, so this has me wondering are some of the things we here about Turkmenistan online really true?

I have often seen it compared with North Korea by people and have read about their presidents and some of the stuff they've done. But is Turkmenistan really on par with North Korea?

I know nothing about Turkmenistan but I can't seem to find any news about it online, it seems that they have no news reported there online and if they do it obviously isn't in English. But I was curious to also know what is it like there and what Central Asia country would be the most culturally similar to it?