Midterm elections finds false information a potent threat to democracy
Experts on the spread of lies on social media expressed alarm about the way that false information continues to proliferate, defying attempts to stifle them, before the crucial midterm elections. “Voters must now sift through not only an ever-growing torrent of lies and falsehoods about candidates and their policies, but also information on when and where to vote,” write Steven Lee Myers and Sheera Frenkel in The New York Times, October 20, 2022. The lies