The dangers of disinformation are increasingly dire for democracy
The dangers of disinformation are increasingly dire for democracy We could be facing a pandemic worse than COVID-19 with disinformation. It’s more dangerous because, while millions of lives are at stake with COVID-19, disinformation, if left unchecked, has the potential to degrade our democracy. We saw, for example, how the siege of the U.S. Congress on January 6 halted democracy for a few hours. Disinformation was the fuse that lit that siege. First things first: what is disinformation? Disinformation is not fake news; rather, it is false information created with an intent to cause harm to...
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