Halting disinformation in a time of pandemic: the need to tread very carefully

One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter, so they say: so what about ‘disinformation’?
According to Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc, the federal government is considering introducing legislation to make it an offence to knowingly spread misinformation that could harm people. And it is eliciting opposing views from MPs, writes Phil Gurski.
OTTAWA—A newish term we have all begun to see much more often these days is that of "disinformation" (a.k.a. "misinformation"). We all read about attempts by the Russians and other nefarious actors to influence the democratic process in the U.S. and France by flooding the internet with made-up stu...

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