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Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

During a global health crisis in which misinformation abounds,

laws that clamp down on fake news really can save lives.

Problem is, those same laws are handy for governments looking for more levers of power.

We look at how they're being abused.

And on the Isle of Man, a British territory in the Irish Sea,

crops of pot will soon be popping up.

The island wants to get in on the growing medical marijuana trade,

and because it's self-governed, it doesn't need a rare British government license to do so.

But first,

today Myanmar's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Chi, appeared in public for the first time

since she was detained a month ago in a coup by the country's military leaders.

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