The ones who’re born into a democracy may take the value of democracy as a given! They might not know about the governments who live in palaces, who sit on thrones
View More Oct. 21 Vote: A Failure of Journalism and Democracy
Tag: fake news
Liberal Candidate calls Chinese-language Election Flyers “Fake News”
Dong’s Conservative opponent, Hu, didn’t address his allegations, but Hu accused Trudeau’s Liberals of focusing on the globe and not Canadians
View More Liberal Candidate calls Chinese-language Election Flyers “Fake News”
Visible Minorities Keen to Engage Online Despite Untruths
By Ranjit Bhaskar in Toronto, ON Despite disinformation spread online about “people like them”, visible minorities in Canada are more likely to believe that social…
View More Visible Minorities Keen to Engage Online Despite Untruths
The Value of Truth in the Fake News Era
Sharing is a huge problem when it comes to disinformation. That saying “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on,” is particularly true when it comes to disinformation online
View More The Value of Truth in the Fake News Era
Multicultural Media Sound Alarm Over ‘Fake News’
In at least one instance, an ethnic media organization weighed in with commentary wondering why it has taken the government so long to wake up
View More Multicultural Media Sound Alarm Over ‘Fake News’
Government Concerned Over Fake News in Hispanic-Latino Communities
Tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft promised to remove fake social media news content
View More Government Concerned Over Fake News in Hispanic-Latino Communities
Q&A: Russian Disinformation Expert Weighs Threats of Election Meddling, Fake News
We certainly have online platforms in Canada that are used to distribute and amplify fringe political views
View More Q&A: Russian Disinformation Expert Weighs Threats of Election Meddling, Fake News
Twitter Trolls who Fabricated Hate over Québec Mosque Shooting may Return for Federal Election
We decided to examine the social media debates about the Québec mosque shooting, so we collected 18,533 tweets from Jan. 30 to Feb. 12, 2017, using the hashtags #QuebecShooting and #QuebecMosqueShooting
View More Twitter Trolls who Fabricated Hate over Québec Mosque Shooting may Return for Federal Election2017 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, Journalist Manny Mogato: Fake news, a Threat to Journalism
By: Irish Mae Sylvestre in Chicago, IL Journalist Manny Mogato is more accustomed to writing news reports than being the subject of the story. Last…
View More 2017 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, Journalist Manny Mogato: Fake news, a Threat to Journalism