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A new and better way to detect media censorship - EurekAlert


<p>Worldwide news media are facing increasing pressure from autocrats to report favourably about their leaders and party politics. Political scientists launch a new computational method that can detect such media censorship by states while it is happening. This method provides valuable insights for&nbsp; communicating regime-driven media capture to the public. It is now described in detail in the scientific journal &lsquo;Democratization&rsquo;.</p>

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