Anytime you check freedom censorship in a democratic setting, it's usually not about the government but it's more of individuals in the government that try to silent people that are against them. I have learnt that people that are privilege to be in the government don't want to be talk about, they don't want people to talk their bad side of performance, when they see this they treating to silent people with law enforcement, this is what I have seen in Africa as a whole.
There is no government in a country that isn't centralized, they are meant to have control and ownership of people that's why you see civil right and freedom, I see it as a scam. Only people that knows the law and practice the law that do get away from it. If for instance, you are stop by a police officer and you try to exercise your freedom of speech, they will bundle and rough handle you but if they notice that you are a lawyer or practice law, they will behave normal with you.
That is the point of having a democratic government. If you elect someone with your votes, and they do something bad, then you elect another, and that's how it goes. I sort of like USA in that sense, while the reality doesn't change much, whenever they dislike someone, they change them. They had republican papa bush, then democrat bill, then republican son bush, then democrat Obama, then republican trump, then democrat Biden, then back to trump.
So as you can see there are so many changes, and while the day to day doesn't change a whole lot, it basically tells the politicians that if you do something wrong, we will get rid of you and get someone else and that is a good thing and should be true for every nation.