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In the era of AI-generated news, readers value trust over customised content

Governments are hiding data, threatening democracy. Here’s how it affects you

AI and the news: How it helps, fails, and why that matters

Regressive laws in democracies

What Australia gets wrong about the right to protest

How the Indian Constitution advances the Hindu state

Lula’s mission to restore Brazilian democracy

Regressive laws start at a nation’s borders

Obstacles and opportunities for free speech in Malaysia

As laws expand their reach in India, political freedoms shrink

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