Statements · Social media and democracy ·
On speaking out in his own voice
“A year ago, I spoke out publicly for the first time in my own voice because I feared that our pluralistic democracies were at risk of being destroyed by a flood of hate, lies and conspiracies spewed by demagogues and spread by social media.”
Opening of his TIME op-ed “Sacha Baron Cohen: We Must Save Democracy From Conspiracies,” published four weeks before the 2020 US election. The piece argues that conspiracy theories spread on social media, Facebook in particular, threaten democracy.
Source: TIME (op-ed by Sacha Baron Cohen) (time.com). Wording checked against the source.