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View all search resultsIn the midst of what has been called a global “democratic recession” exacerbated by the COVID-19 outbreak, Indonesia has expressed hope that democracy will continue to thrive in a post-pandemic world at the opening of a global forum in Bali.
Democracy worldwide could lose as incumbent United States leader Donald Trump refuses to concede defeat and alleges voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, with Indonesian political experts believing the US might give license to populists in other democracies to follow in Trump's footsteps.
The Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2020 report gives Indonesia an overall score of 49 on a scale of 0 to 100, classifying the country's internet freedom rank as “partly free” – a slight dip from last year’s overall rating of 51 and 54 in 2018.
Freedom House's latest report ranked Indonesia's internet freedom as "partly free", largely as a result of on-and-off restricted access to social media platforms and manipulation of content for political gain during the April elections
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