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Government efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation get mixed reviews as ‘infodemic’ persists

Without social media regulation and strong education, you’re just left ‘bailing water with a teaspoon’ when it comes to COVID-19 misinformation, says Green MP Elizabeth May.

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March 24, 2021

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Big tech firms are no longer seen as ‘the darlings of industry and commerce,’ as they once were, said Aengus Bridgman of the Media Ecosystem Observatory.

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Big tech firms are no longer seen as ‘the darlings of industry and commerce,’ as they once were, said Aengus Bridgman of the Media Ecosystem Observatory.

Experts welcome Rouleau’s call to combat misinformation, say ‘whole-of-society approach’ needed

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The current information landscape is a feedback loop where 'you come for the ideology, and you stay despite the science-free lunacy,’ says health misinformation expert Timothy Caulfield.

Experts welcome Rouleau’s call to combat misinformation, say ‘whole-of-society approach’ needed

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Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

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As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.

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As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.

‘Knee-jerk’ travel restrictions ineffective at protecting Canadians, Liberals should demand greater transparency from China: MP Ellis

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