Social media is a growing vehicle for climate misinformation
Research shows that social media influencers can shape climate denialism around the world.
Privacy authorities warn about dangers of social media data scraping
The federal privacy watchdog and some of his global counterparts are urging the largest social media companies to prevent bulk extraction of personal details from their websites.
Canadian police, emergency agencies consider switch to Meta's Threads
As tens of millions of people begin using Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, police and emergency response agencies across Canada are considering embracing the new text-based app.
After CBC's short break from Twitter, some posts are back
The CBC and Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after pausing activity last month over their designation as "government-funded media" by the social media platform.
B.C.'s attorney general alerts online companies to province's new image-sharing law
British Columbia's attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been shared without their consent.
Defund the CBC? Try defending it instead
The CBC has retreated from Twitter after Elon Musk slapped a "government-funded media" label on its account. Columnist Max Fawcett says it needs to stop backing down and start speaking up.
CBC pauses its use of Twitter over ‘government-funded media’ label
"Twitter can be a powerful tool for our journalists to communicate with Canadians, but it undermines the accuracy and professionalism of the work they do to allow our independence to be falsely described in this way," CBC media relations director Leon Mar said in a statement Monday afternoon.
Twitter adds ‘government-funded media’ tag to CBC account
News of the addition to @CBC was shared late Sunday on Twitter by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who had asked the social media company to add the label to accounts that promote "news-related" content from CBC English but did not ask the same for its French counterpart.
Pierre Poilievre pushes Twitter to label CBC accounts as ‘government-funded’ media
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tweeted a copy of a letter addressed to the company making the request.
Jacinda Ardern takes on new role fighting online extremism
Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down as New Zealand's prime minister in January, will begin an unpaid role this month taking on online extremism.
Climate disinformation is on the rise. Here is how some experts are tracking it
The newest episode of Hot Politics features researchers who found so much climate disinformation online that they needed an intelligence team to fight it.
Climate misinformation has skyrocketed since Musk bought Twitter
Search for the word “climate” on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn't “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even “climate change” but instead “climate scam.”
Free speech isn’t what Jordan Peterson thinks it is
What do Jordan Peterson, Pierre Poilievre and Elon Musk have in common? None of them understand how free speech actually works — especially in Canada, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Greta’s great Twitter smackdown
Twitter lit up Wednesday morning after climate justice activist Greta Thunberg burned former professional kickboxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate online.
