Emma McIntosh
Reporter | Toronto |
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About Emma McIntosh
Emma McIntosh has covered environment, energy and national news. She covered misinformation and disinformation in the 2019 federal election. She has reported for StarMetro Calgary, the Toronto Star and the Calgary Herald as well as Canada's National Observer. A former Seattle-ite and dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Emma graduated from Ryerson University's undergraduate journalism program in 2018.
She has focused on investigative journalism since 2017. Emma also covered the Alberta provincial election in April 2019. Projects she's worked on have been shortlisted for multiple national awards, including a National Newspaper Award, the Canadian Hillman Prize and CJF Jackman Award for Excellence.
How much did memes affect the election?
“This could be ineffective and still ultimately not be in the spirit of free and fair elections," said Fenwick McKelvey, an associate professor at Concordia University who studied political memes during the federal vote.
Liberals win — but it's a minority
The Liberals, a diminished version of the party that swept to power in 2015, will now need support from other parties to form a workable government.
Misleading election day robocalls reported in Quebec, Atlantic Canada
Voters in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec received robocalls telling them the election was a day later than it actually is.
Did Canada let Reddit off the hook on disinformation?
An internal memo obtained by National Observer shows government officials incorrectly thought Reddit doesn’t struggle with fake news and disinformation.
Why are Conservatives meeting with a fringe Muslim cleric?
Mohammad Tawhidi isn’t affiliated with a mosque, has dubious credentials and amplifies false narratives about Islamic extremism.
The rise of Canada’s right-wing meme pages
Groups like Canada Proud and Proud to be Canadian seem folksy, but they’re often backed by corporate donors. Here's what you need to know.
The rise of partisan 'fact checks' could hurt news media's credibility
A report released Thursday by the Digital Democracy Project found campaign messages are being disguised as non-partisan fact checks, a new trend in political advertising.
Canada's election law can't stop a viral fake story about Trudeau
An unsubstantiated rumour Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left a former teaching job due to a sex scandal is a case study for a crucial gap in Canada’s defences against disinformation on the campaign trail.
EXCLUSIVE: Twitter sold campaign ads to white-nationalist party candidate
“Social media companies are morally bankrupt when it comes to this issue,” said Evan Balgord, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network.
Oil lobby requests would up sector's emissions by 60 per cent
"In the middle of an election, we’re urging parties to abandon — to disregard — this election wish list, because it really would doom a lot of Canadians to a future that’s less bright than the one we have now," Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence said.