Scotiabank, RBC, CIBC and BMO have pledged to stop purchasing ads on the site for the month, aligning themselves with brands such as Lululemon and MEC in signing onto the #StopHateForProfit campaign.

Federal cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday that there must be a collective, global effort to fight the scourge of online disinformation.

The organization behind the report said it has documented 162 press freedom violations related to coronavirus coverage over the past two and a half months.

David Porter, an assistant section chief with the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, accused Russia of conducting brazen operations aimed at spreading disinformation, exploiting lines of division in society and sowing doubt about the integrity of U.S. elections

'The science is clear – vaccines are safe and effective,' the Nova Scotia Health Authority said in a tweet on Thursday.

The account removal process was set to begin in December and would ultimately free up usernames.

Internet companies are face growing criticism for amplifying false claims during the run up to the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2016 election in the U.S.

Reports broke that strategist Warren Kinsella and his firm Daisy Group were hired to ``seek and destroy'' Maxime Bernier's party and portray its supporters as racist.

Bots aren't playing a major role in the campaign so far, a study of social media shows.

Researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center say they are already seeing fake images related to the controversy circulating online.