The ultimate check on the growing polarisation lies with voters who take the trouble to stay well-informed.

Credible content that audiences value and new sources of revenue needed to sustain newsrooms.

Lamentably, things look set to get worse with the emergence of new technologies such as deepfake.

Singapore is in a unique position to play a positive role in fostering greater trust all round, given its historic links to both East and West.

At the heart of all our discussions on diversity and cohesive societies is the basic question of how we are all to live together on this shared planet, and what each of us might do to make things a little better each day.