“Dumbfakes” are simpler and more easily unmasked bogus videos, and they are easy and often cheap to produce. Continue reading →

“The international right has been as much of a player, I would say, as Kremlin sources,” one expert says. Continue reading →

A fake video doesn’t have to be complicated to go viral. Continue reading →

Here are some tips from experts on how to determine whether content on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube is real. Continue reading →

In Canada, that number drops to 46 per cent, despite 90 per cent of Canadians saying they have fallen for fake news. Continue reading →

The roster of additional tools will include ad authorization functionalities to verify advertisers on the platform and an ad library, which will provide users additional information about the reach and ownership of an ad. Continue reading →

Canada’s Digital Charter lacks sufficient legal enforcement power to effectively protect privacy and regulate use of personal data, according to critics worried that a smart city project in Toronto by Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs unit could be misused for mass surveillance. Continue reading →

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will look to update the Privacy Act as part of an effort to build greater trust in the digital world. Continue reading →

The campaign is another indication of how online disinformation is being tested by countries well beyond Russia, Continue reading →

Opponents in Parliament said it gave government ministers too much power to determine what was false and broadly defined public interest. Continue reading →