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The biggest threat to our democracy is government, not social media

30 July 2019

5:00 AM

30 July 2019

5:00 AM

Social media has been blamed for an epidemic of damaging misinformation that has supposedly poisoned political discourse. But the real threat to free speech and political debate comes from over-zealous and ill-advised regulation.

Mainstream opinion insists social media has damaged democracy by creating a polarised, toxic environment devoid of nuance and fact.

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