The spread of propaganda, misinformation, and biased narratives from autocratic regimes, especially on social media, is a growing concern in many democracies. Can censorship be an effective tool to curb the spread of such slanted narratives? In this paper, we study the European Union's ban on...

We analyse the impact of exposure to corruption news on individuals' perceptions about the extent of the phenomenon. To this purpose, we take information on individuals' perceptions of the likelihood that corruption events may occur in everyday life and combine it with a dataset containing the...

Pervasive media censorship in China is often seen as a strictly political issue. Although in recent years reporters have had some leeway to report on economic issues, the Chinese Party/state has moved to tamp down economic journalism, even arresting those who report on bad economic news. This...