disinformation

We should be skeptical of those who offer recommendations in a field in which they lack the relevant training and competence, writes philosophy professor Colin Ruloff.

Join Wikimedia CEO Katherine Maher and host Linda Solomon Wood on Thursday, March 18 for a conversation on free knowledge and fighting disinformation.

There is a growing concern among journalists about whether the historical standard of “fair and balanced” can continue to prevail over simple “right and wrong,” writes CAJ president Brent Jolly.

“Any regulation needs to reflect the inherent complexity of the issue and the scale at which online platforms operate,” argues Google Canada.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates did not create the virus that causes COVID-19 and he is not forcing microchips into your body through vaccinations. Those pieces of misinformation are examples of what a group of Canadian scientists and health professionals is trying to discredit through a new campaign tackling inaccurate theories about the pandemic.

A new coalition is monitoring the overlap of climate denial with other conspiracy theories online, and one of its founders says Canada is not immune from this new “wave of disinformation.”

The website Women for Natural Gas is a pink-tinged, fancy-cursive-drenched love letter to the oil and gas industry, complete with testimonials from several women. But there’s a catch: The women don’t exist. 

Kids in Canada need greater access to up-to-date media literacy education to help them navigate what’s real and what’s fake or misleading online, experts say.

To celebrate five years of award-winning independent journalism, Canada’s National Observer is releasing an in-depth report on election disinformation, Digital Fractures: Disinformation, Democracy and the Media, and presenting a special six-part instalment of its Conversations series.

Canada and its G7 counterparts are concerned about the spread of disinformation in the COVID-19 fight, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Thursday, March 26, 2020, stressing the need for a co-ordinated world response based on science.

The reporter who broke the Cambridge Analytica scandal says Facebook's CEO "needs to be subpoenaed" by the international disinformation committee.

More work is needed to see if the social media platform’s fact-checking project is making the grade, according to a new transparency report.

National Observer has added a new journalist to its roster as part of our Election Integrity Reporting Project. Emma McIntosh will be reporting on online misinformation and disinformation from Toronto to help you identify what's real and call out propaganda and junk news.

Justin Trudeau likened the current digital landscape to the "Wild West" and said that the livestreamed murder of 51 citizens in two mosques in New Zealand on March 15 was the "final straw."