Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy President Donald Trump’s threats against independent media and free speech look a lot like the actions of autocrats elsewhere intent on undermining the institutions meant to keep them in check.

AUTOCRACY:
✔️Searching reporters' homes
✔️Suing journalists
✔️Repressing Citizens Disident
✔️Undermining #FreeSprech, #FreePress, #RightToBeInformed among other rights
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Misinformation versus freedom, rights and science A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

Today we publish the last article in our #RightToBeInformed series. We discuss how strongmen rulers in several countries have used misinformation to erode trust in science, violate human rights and damage constitutional democracy.

Read it here: groundup.org.za/article/misi...

The attack on science A GroundUp series on the right to be informed

Despite the progress science has made in understanding our world and improving standards of living, antiscience is on the rise. Today, we look at the attack on science.

Read the ninth and tenth articles in our #RightToBeInformed series: groundup.org.za/article/the-...

Freedom of expression and the right to be informed A GroundUp series

Today, we look at the responsibilities of publishers, the business pressures they face, and how the right to be informed fits with freedom of expression

Read the sixth to eighth articles in our #RightToBeInformed series: groundup.org.za/article/free...

What we can achieve with a right to be informed A GroundUp series

We have argued that we need a new right: to be informed. Two reasonable questions arise. How can we suck a right out of thin air? What use is it? We try to answer these questions.

Read the fourth and fifth articles in our #RightToBeInformed series: groundup.org.za/article/what...

It is becoming increasingly difficult to identify trustworthy sources. We are awash in misinformation. 

In this new series, we intend to stir debate on a #RightToBeInformed being crucial to the functioning of democratic societies.

Parts 1 to 3 published today: rbi.groundup.org.za