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3. How people rate press, speech and internet freedoms in their country

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Nutrition label

77% Informative

A median of 28% across 35 countries say the media are completely free to report the news.

A 50% median globally say people in their country are free to use the internet.

In many countries, supporters of the political party in power are more likely to say media, speech and the internet are free.

People’s perceptions of these freedoms are strongly linked with views of how democracy is working.

Every Asia-Pacific country surveyed say people are at least somewhat free to express themselves.

Majority say speech is completely free in India ( 50% ) and the Philippines ( 45% ) Singapore stands out, with only 11% saying speech is free and 42% saying it is not at all or not very free.

In Latin America , views of free speech are more divided in Argentina , Brazilians and Mexicans .

VR Score

89

Informative language

95

Neutral language

60

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links