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The poll of 16 to 29-year-olds also found most backed a ban on social media for under-16s.

It is common to talk about democracy as a certain type of political regime — namely, as a way of organizing the state with specific operating rules, including multiple institutions, commissions and consultation processes. In this way, democracy is considered a system that includes separate bodies of power such as…

The jailing of President Erdoğan’s main political rival is the low point of a decade-long march towards autocracy – but the protesters aren’t done yet either, says writer Orhan Pamuk

‘Standing with our allies and standing up for democracy is in the best interest of the United States,’ said Kelly after Musk ripped him again for supporting wounded soldiers in Urkaine

Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracy

Opposition parties say political control of appointments will make judges subject to politicians and undermine democracy

Charles said the press at its best was a ‘cornerstone of our democracy’, ahead of a reception for regional UK media at Buckingham Palace

The second Donald Trump administration has already sent shockwaves through the political establishment on both sides of the Atlantic. Overseas, the focus has been on the administration’s apparent dismantling of the post-war international order and Trump’s apparent pivot away from America’s traditional allies towards a warmer relationship with Russia and…

The United States is no longer a democracy.