Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a><br>A leading global <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”<br>For the first time in more than 20 years, by #2025 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DemocracyReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyReport</span></a>’s estimate, the world now has more <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a> (91) than <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a> (88), with liberal democracies (29) now least common regime type. <br><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-press-freedom-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vanityfair.com/news/story/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-press-freedom-authoritarianism</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/n35Qh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/n35Qh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>