Disinformation campaigns having long-term impact on public trust, MPs warned

MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on 'discernment over just debunking.'

The House Ethics Committee is studying the impact of misinformation and disinformation on the work of parliamentarians. Patrick White, associate professor of journalism at the Université du Québec à Montréal, said the world is at a crossroads with mis- and disinformation. He said Canada should be on a 'war footing' against fake news content farms.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

May 6, 2024

While misinformation and disinformation proliferated by both domestic and global actors has so far failed to affect the legitimacy of Canadian federal elections, a House committee has been warned that there are longer term consequences to the spread of fake information inten...

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