DemDigest had this information. Here is an excerpt:
Disinformation presents a profound threat to democracy, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s [argued during his speech at the Dutch Parliament last Friday].
“It’s not just conspiracy theorists and marginalized, angry people online,” he said. “It’s state actors, too, using disinformation, propaganda, and cyberwarfare to harm our economies, our democracies, and undermine people’s faith in the principles that hold us together.”
Trudeau did not name any particular state actor, but more than one question from Dutch parliamentarians centred on the rising influence of China, CTV News adds, a fact Trudeau said “poses tremendous challenges around the world to democracies and our trading systems.”
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