Far-right radicalism and extremist views are festering in chat rooms, on social media and the internet. It’s presenting false narratIves as objective reality, and some mainstream political leaders are implicitly endorsing it by looking the other way. Global National’s Dawna Friesen talks with Carleton University terrorism and security expert Stephanie Carvin to understand how misinformation spreads online and how to counter it.
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