Russia has also started cracking down on independent news outlets over their coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, blocked several social media platforms in the country, and introduced a far-reaching censorship law that will jail sharers of “misinformation” for 15 years.

So Russia is actually more "democratic" than Canada?

Gotta make sure the narratives line up.

Canna ha no loose threads in the kilt laddy - the English aren't to be trusted when it comes to russkies

He claims that increased sharing of misinformation is a sign of "a slippage in our democracies."

Except democracy has nothing to do with what people believe, think, read or listen, so he actually thinks "democracy = people believe what we want". And no one who tells the truth, is afraid of misinformation.