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While America Looks Away, Autocrats Crack Down on Digital News Sites
“Independent journalism is on the defensive, from Hungary to Malaysia,” by Ben Smith, July 12, 2020, NYT
“They are the little Gaulish village holding out against Rome,” marveled Naresh Fernandes, the editor and co-founder of Scroll, an Indian news site. Scroll, like the Hong Kong Free Press, represents a different strain in the current crisis for independent media — both are digital outlets in countries now rolling back their once-robust free press traditions.
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