‘What to do when the battle is everywhere’: Carleton to host panel discussion surrounding journalists and online hate
Plus, professor Cristine de Clercy has been appointed as the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Trent University, and Global National Ottawa correspondent Abigail Bimman has a new baby.
The tech party is over
For all the time that Elon Musk has been actively online, you’d think he’d remember the golden rule of social media: the internet always wins.
Government should hold social media companies accountable for hate, harassment
Online is not different from the real world; it is the real world.
Twitter plays a ‘significant’ role in Canada’s democracy, and government must do more to regulate in face of Musk’s ‘roller-coaster,’ say observers
A researcher from an organization that teaches civic literacy says that changes to the verification system on Twitter are one of the ‘most urgent’ concerns.
Twitterati has a laugh as another American joins ranks of those who share name with prominent Canadian politicians
In what’s becoming a bit of a tradition for some Americans who share both the names and similar Twitter handles of prominent Canadian politicians, Danielle Smith, a former television host in St. Louis, Mo., made it clear on Oct. 7 that she was not the new leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, Danielle Smith, after […]
Poilievre’s ‘adversarial’ media strategy ‘concerning’ for democracy, but unlikely to change as long as it keeps working: Hill observers
New Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s strategy to avoid taking questions from traditional media and make adversaries out of legacy media journalists makes him “impervious” to questions, which is “corrosive” and “concerning” for democracy, observers say. Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) has been sparring with some members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery both during his leadership run and […]
Disinformation has a long history in Canada
OTTAWA—A recent Ekos survey of Canadians found a disturbing relation between the amount of disinformation an individual agrees with, and the level of support for the “Freedom Convoy.” Rest assured this author views even the name of the convoy one of the most insidious and effective uses of propaganda in recent years. On the surface, […]
Winnipeg Free Press’ Dylan Robertson, CBC’s David Fraser to join The Canadian Press
After half a decade at the Winnipeg Free Press, Ottawa bureau chief Dylan Robertson will be making the move to The Canadian Press. He’ll be tasked with covering international affairs, trade and development. “As we say in this biz, I have ‘some personal news to share,’ tweeted Robertson on Aug. 22. “My last day with […]
We can’t become desensitized to hate, harassment, and threats
With new threats being sent to women and racialized journalists with increasing frequency, it’s easy to scroll past. The news cycle moves on, but the harassment, hatred, and threats of violence against our journalistic colleagues continues. Meanwhile, the rhetoric coming from those who wish to target journalists for doing their jobs becomes more brazen. “Boys, […]
‘Prevailing sense that toxicity is continuing to rise,’ as report finds one in six tweets analyzed during 2021 federal election ‘likely to be toxic’
An analysis of over two-and-a-half million tweets over 36 days during the 2021 federal election campaign by the Samara Centre for Democracy found that over 475,000—or one in six—were identified as “likely toxic,” meaning they likely contained sexually explicit content, profanity, identity attacks, threats, and insults. Amid an increasing trend in toxic exchanges, threats, and […]
