Disinformation on federal fertilizer rules being peddled by politicians, the fossil fuel lobby and right-wing groups is “really frustrating” and “we haven't found the magic recipe yet” to address it, says Canada’s Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau.
A new academic analysis has identified at least 75 foreign digital operations of a malicious political or industrial nature directed at Canada since 2010 – from attempts to steal COVID-19-related research to the targeting of Uyghur human rights activists.
The federal government must confront and deal with threats to our democracy: anger, aggression and hate spurred by increasing social polarization, writes Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled plans to create a special team focused on countering Russian disinformation and propaganda on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, as Ukrainians prepared to mark the six-month anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of their country.
If the disinformation disseminator-in-chief starts to ratchet things up over the next few years, it won’t just be Americans who will be worse off for it, writes columnist Supriya Dwivedi.
The revelations from the Jan. 6 committee hearings in the U.S. should serve as a stark warning to Canadians as to what happens when conspiracy theories and disinformation become mainstreamed by the political establishment.
A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the last federal election.
Disinformation, including “deepfake” videos and bots spreading deception, should come within the scope of a future online harms bill, say a panel of experts appointed by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez to help him shape a future law.
A Facebook page identifying itself as a non-profit organization that discusses issues pertaining to a town in the Greater Toronto Area is linked to the same right-wing political operatives behind a slew of purportedly grassroots community pages across the country.
Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, rejected a bid by ExxonMobil to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state that accuses the oil giant of misleading the public about the role its fossil fuels play in causing climate change.