{"id":18822,"date":"2025-10-10T18:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=18822"},"modified":"2026-01-19T02:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T01:07:45","slug":"the-rise-of-autocracy-cultural-censorship-in-autocratic-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/18822\/the-rise-of-autocracy-cultural-censorship-in-autocratic-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of autocracy: cultural censorship in autocratic systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><div class=\"humamaudio\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:600px;height:40px;margin:20px 0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/stream.hu.nl\/players\/TxNQUG4V-gUDjC9bv.html\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Autocratic systems have at least one thing in common: the weaponisination of culture. 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