As House Public Safety Committee studies Russian disinformation, experts explain how Russian info ops target Canadians

Russia is using sophisticated disinformation operations to make democracy look ridiculous and to deepen fractures in the Canadian society, experts say.

Liberal MP Jim Carr, chair of the House Public Safety and National Security Committee, said that the testimony the committee has received on Russian disinformation has been 'controversial and current and important.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

May 27, 2022

Besides fighting a physical war against Ukraine, Russia is fighting a global information war. In Canada, Russian information operations are sufficiently concerning that the House Public Safety Committee is now studying this issue and it intends to produce a set of recommendations for the government ...

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