Aaron Erlich, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal, said it’s important to make people aware of misleading information online. But he said the wording in the CSIS campaign was “not the most straightforward” and appeared to be an attempt not just to educate but to invoke fear.

Erlich said clumsy messaging can backfire, and he would like to know if the messaging was tested at all to see how it would be received.

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      I’m just looking for clarity. You presumably endorse the definition you posted and I want to understand what it means. Which mental illnesses?

      [Edit] Is there some reason you don’t want to clarify this? You seem pretty cagey.