Eight of the top 10 major autocratizers over the last ten years follow a similar pattern: Brazil, Bolivia, Hungary, India, Poland, Turkey, as well as Benin and Serbia, although the latter two show more variation. In fact, Hungary is a typical case of democratic erosion, with the deterioration of freedom of expression and civil society repression dating back to as early as 2010 when the right-wing government led by Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party enacted several media laws that curtailed media freedom substantially. The establishment of a national media authority gave the government greater control over news media.
32 Subsequently, the government restricted academic freedom and further limited pluralism by the formation of a pro-government news conglomerate.
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