One important activity associated with a free press is: investigating and criticizing government actions
A press is considered to be free if both the government and the citizens cannot limit the news delivering process.
Whether a press could investigate and criticize the government is a great indicator of the freedom of the press. Nations without free press (such as north korea), tend to impose legal punishment for all individuals that talk negatively about the government.
They wanted equal treatment that the people in Islam had that they weren't given in Hinduism. In Hinduism, each class is treated differently, the lower class treated the worst.
One thing is the power of it if its faster it erodes more if its slower doesn't really erode anything
i don't know the other two things but hope this will help you