The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy held the fifth East Asia Democracy Forum in Taipei on June 26^th. The theme of this year’s forum is “Prevent Democratic Backsliding.” Democracies around the world are experiencing various predicaments, including the loss of confidence in the democratic system in those more mature democracies and the democratic regression in the new and fragile democracies. The core values of democracy such as freedom of speech, freedom of press and political and social pluralism are encountering great challenges in the era of social media and new informational technologies and in a time when authoritarian regimes are offering what they call the "alternative model." 

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