misinformation

The global rise in misinformation threatens national institutions and processes that underpin democracy, warns Canada's chief justice.

Some French-language media organizations and smaller local media outlets say they are being targeted by Meta after the digital giant restricted access to their content on Facebook as part of its fight against the Liberal government's online-news bill.

If members of Parliament do not avoid the dangers of "performance politics" and chasing "likes" on social media, future Canadians will look back on the current moment as the start of the country's decline, Erin O'Toole warned on Monday, June 12, 2023.

The struggle to fight disinformation and "climate authoritarian" conspiracies is impacting how well local governments can tackle the climate crisis.

Earlier this month, the U.S. surgeon general issued an extraordinary warning: Social media is an "important driver" of a mental health crisis among young people. For Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, that came as no surprise.

As the debate over how to tackle illegal content on internet platforms continues, pro-Kremlin actors are intensifying their disinformation efforts targeting Germans.

In some corners of Alberta, there are whispers that the military’s presence has nothing to do with the fires.

Given the fossil fuel industry’s track record, there is good reason to mistrust the motives behind the oilsands consortium’s sudden commitment to joining the fight against climate change.

Finland’s media literacy education stretches beyond standard K-12 streams. Government agencies like KAVI work with 1,000 organizations — from news media to NGOs — to bring media literacy education to all citizens and in different formats. 

The managing director of a non-profit that tracks Chinese attempts to influence democracies around the world says Beijing wants to sow discord in western countries.

The federal environment minister says Scott Moe promoting fear about the effect on rates is irresponsible because the regulations haven’t even been developed. 

Our task of discrediting misinformation is challenging enough already, so what chance will we have against the superbots? 

Canadians still do not have access to an assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the last election in 2021.

This silliness around ‘15-minute cities’ will die down in due course, writes columnist Max Fawcett. Still, it speaks to a larger problem that won’t go away any time soon.