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A Reuters investigation documents how health misinformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Tshopo province is contributing to deaths, particularly during disease outbreaks. The story examines the spread of rumors and their lethal consequences in a rainforest region.

The article frames European leaders' 2024 warnings about democratic collapse from misinformation as unfounded panic, suggesting their regulatory push was based on predictions that failed to materialize. The piece uses this non-occurrence to critique the impulse to regulate speech in response to supposed information threats.