The year 2024 has been dubbed the “year of elections,” in which more than two billion people will have the opportunity to vote. John Sutter: In a time of lying for power or profit, it is essential that we protect and assert that agency when we head to the polls.

He says we must help people learn to navigate an increasingly contaminated, confusing and fast-paced information environment. The most powerful way to support a cleaner, reality-based information ecosystem is not to add more disorder and vitriol, he says.