Subhead:The Democracy Fund slams Statistics Canada’s recent misinformation study as a flawed pretext for government censorship that endangers free speech and deepens public distrust, ignoring the root causes of skepticism as underscored by prior court rulings overturning similar restrictive laws.#
A recent Canadian government study titled “Concern about misinformation—connections to trust in media, confidence in institutions, civic engagement and hopefulness, 2023/2024” has sparked debate over its implications for free expression.
Published by Statistics Canada, the report aimed to investigate the impact of online “misinformation,” defined as “news or information that is verifiably false or inaccurate.”
