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The fallibility of technology means that the privacy of us all could be compromised, as new rules on age verification come ...

A panel at Index's latest magazine launch discussed the Trump administration’s attacks on state-funded media, the legal ...

A new era of authoritarianism has dawned in the “land of liberty”. What can US political activists learn from those who defied Soviet repression?

On the eve of 23 March 2025, hours after stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra released a video titled Naya Bharat (New India), dozens of members of a right-wing ruling party of Maharashtra barged in and ...

For years now people in Hong Kong have been perfecting the art of letter writing and sending them to the neighbours of government critics living in the UK. I first came across the trend in 2018 and ...

For years, the United Kingdom has looked to the United States for moral clarity and strategic leadership in confronting the challenge posed by China’s authoritarian state. Whether it was the decision ...

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