Check out this excellent thread from @eliothiggins.bsky.social on what misinformation is, the dangers it poses and how empowered citizens and critical thinking are vital to democracy.
Jess Peake
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
