In just a matter of two years, disinformation campaigns occurred in 70 countries, as compared to just 28 in 2017, according to a report published by Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University.
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This is the last in our 3-part series on how the pandemic is affecting specific immigrant communities. African Canadians, it seems, face a particular challenge: a reported low current rate of infection, but worried about historical trends that suggest the worst is yet to come.
View More Part 3: Online Chatter of ‘Black Immunity’ to COVID-19 Not Based in Evidence
Despite disinformation spread online about “people like them”, visible minorities in Canada are more likely to believe that social media and online platforms provide a meaningful space to engage on important issues. They’re also about…
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The top user, for instance, tweeted 5,345 times promoting anti-Conservative views using the hashtag #CDNpoli
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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 CommunitiesAs the husband of murdered British MP Jo Cox reminded the world in his pain, hate is poisonous. Whether the recent Orlando massacre was a hate crime or a terror-motivated attack, or in fact both as the FBI suggested…
View More Taking On Online Hate Speech“It’s very important to love your job from day one,” Egyptian Canadian journalist Mohammed Fahmy said to a packed room at the Toronto Public Library’s Bram and Bluma Appel Salon on Monday evening. “The government…
View More Mohamed Fahmy Speaks About ReleaseIt’s been over one month since images were published showing three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on Turkish shores and Canadian support for intervention in the Syrian refugee crisis seems to only be gaining momentum.…
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Ayesha Syed didn’t vote in the 2011 election. It wasn’t because she took her civic duty of voting for granted or isn’t interested in politics per se. Rather, it was because the 24-year-old Carleton University…
View More Getting Millennials, New Citizens to the PollsPatricia Gallagher admits it is hard to keep up with social media in her line of work. As the Operations Manager at the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) she has a vested interest in utilizing…
View More Taking Immigration and Settlement to Twitter