Tag: ELECTIONS
Browse our exclusive articles!
Canada needs to regulate social media giants: international report
An international report says Canada has taken “commendable” steps to safeguard this fall’s federal election from foreign interference.
But the report says this country needs...
Fake news about fake news that wasn’t fake doesn’t justify online censorship | Colby Cosh
If all this is the best that Russian hackers and botnets can do, we appear to be in less than mortal peril. The censors...
Facebook Curbs Incentives to Sell Political Ads Ahead of 2020 Election
Company leaders considered dropping such ads, which are now viewed as a headache
Facebook Inc. FB -2.41% said it stopped paying commissions to employees who sell political ads, as...
Trudeau says companies who spread “fake news” will face “meaningful financial consequences”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is committed to going to war against “fake news,” and says that his government is looking to hold companies for...
STUDY | Selective Exposure to Misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
Though some warnings about online “echo chambers” have been hyperbolic, tendencies toward selective exposure to politically congenial content are likely to extend to misinformation...
