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ANALYSIS: Why Hogue thinks disinformation is democracy’s greatest threat - National | Globalnews.ca

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Justice Marie-Josée Hogue ’s year-long probe into foreign interference found little impact on 2019 and 2021 elections.

Disinformation was discussed during commission testimony, but “the extent to which it was given prominence” in final report was surprising, professor says.

Hogue: “At this juncture, information manipulation (whether foreign or not) poses the single biggest risk to our democracy. It is an existential threat”.

Hogue commission report emphasized the scale of the disinformation problem and noted Canada cannot easily fix it especially not alone.

But the commission did make some recommendations, including establishing a government body to monitor “open source” information.

Traditional professional media is an important component to making sure Canadians have accurate information, Hogue said.

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