The contrasting disaster responses in Nepal and Chinese Tibet reveal why a healthy state needs free speech

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“The government needs journalists to uncover uncomfortable truths because it needs accurate information in order to govern effectively,” they say. “But if journalists are given completely free rein to uncover and publish those truths, they may expose things that are politically uncomfortable or challenge the interests of the state.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/nepal-tibet-flood-disaster-china-clean-internet-media-censorship-suppression
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After the fallout of Cambridge Analytica, the Kremlin troll farms appear to be the greatest disruptor of democratic processes around the world. In turn, this is possibly one of the greatest factors contributing towards the global populist turn. This has doubled down with Trump and the surge of right-wing extremism. Yet, democratic governments do very little to counter it. We are here to expose the problem. #fakenews #disinformation #propaganda

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