My Account

Monday, January 6, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Are Canada’s newsrooms ready to tackle fake news, cyber threats, ‘foreign adversaries’ ahead of 2019 election?

Le Devoir is working with data developers at Polytechnique Montréal to develop an internal tool that can help the newsroom 'have a greater overview of what's happening in social networks' in order to identify viral topics or strange patterns.

News
BY BEATRICE PAEZ
November 19, 2018

News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | November 19, 2018

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES:

Want to make sure your whole office has the full Hill Times experience?

We have team plans available for companies, organizations, classes, Parliament Hill offices and more. Fill out this form and find out if your team is eligible for a discount.

More News

‘I’m left with questions’: Senator Bernard’s push to highlight the Upper Chamber’s lack of Black men

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

If Trudeau announces he’s stepping down, expect another cabinet shuffle, say Liberal sources

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Procurement Canada spent $5.4-billion in 2023-24, but plans to shrink workforce in coming years

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Canadians ‘Russian to conclusions’ on Tenet Media worsens effects of foreign interference, say digital media researchers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Top court could offer clarity on ‘open question’ of constitutional status of parliamentary privilege, say experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Readers’ digest: The Hill Times’ top stories of 2024

NewsBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

Readers’ digest: The Hill Times’ top stories of 2024

NewsBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

Liberals break pledge to table forced labour bill in 2024

‘He knows it just as we do’: internal emails show Liberal MPs speculating about Trudeau’s expected resignation and the roadmap ahead

Tense is an ‘underestimation’ of difficult House sitting, with Liberals to be in survival mode in January, say pollsters

Blame games on politically-targeted bot campaigns ‘irresponsible’ without verification, says researcher

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

How can Canada do more to address the threat of disinformation?

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO

Outreach to diaspora groups ‘critical’ as Canada and Australia look to one another in foreign interference fight

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘So damn offensive’: NSICOP and Hogue findings on media raise serious concern about covert targeting of Canadian journalists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Rafah massacre lays bare domestic media shortcomings

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Blame games on politically-targeted bot campaigns ‘irresponsible’ without verification, says researcher

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Newsrooms ‘didn't do a great job’ when first reporting on the bots promoting a Poilievre rally, and that’s ‘the danger in horse race political coverage,’ says media expert Brian Daly.

Blame games on politically-targeted bot campaigns ‘irresponsible’ without verification, says researcher

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Newsrooms ‘didn't do a great job’ when first reporting on the bots promoting a Poilievre rally, and that’s ‘the danger in horse race political coverage,’ says media expert Brian Daly.

How can Canada do more to address the threat of disinformation?

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO

Canada can take more steps to bolster society's resilience and defence capabilities against the relentless onslaught of autocratic regimes and malicious non-state actors.

How can Canada do more to address the threat of disinformation?

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO

Canada can take more steps to bolster society's resilience and defence capabilities against the relentless onslaught of autocratic regimes and malicious non-state actors.

Outreach to diaspora groups ‘critical’ as Canada and Australia look to one another in foreign interference fight

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Australian Senator David Shoebridge says his nation's experience shows foreign interference laws won't work without trust between vulnerable communities and law enforcement.

Outreach to diaspora groups ‘critical’ as Canada and Australia look to one another in foreign interference fight

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Australian Senator David Shoebridge says his nation's experience shows foreign interference laws won't work without trust between vulnerable communities and law enforcement.

‘So damn offensive’: NSICOP and Hogue findings on media raise serious concern about covert targeting of Canadian journalists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

If foreign powers can convince mainstream Canadian media to report a message they wish to advance 'it's quite dangerous' because it lends 'credibility to the entire narrative,’ said MLI’s Marcus Kolga.

‘So damn offensive’: NSICOP and Hogue findings on media raise serious concern about covert targeting of Canadian journalists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

If foreign powers can convince mainstream Canadian media to report a message they wish to advance 'it's quite dangerous' because it lends 'credibility to the entire narrative,’ said MLI’s Marcus Kolga.

Rafah massacre lays bare domestic media shortcomings

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The devil in the details as to whom legacy media choose to dehumanize, betraying their own journalistic principles to do so.

Rafah massacre lays bare domestic media shortcomings

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The devil in the details as to whom legacy media choose to dehumanize, betraying their own journalistic principles to do so.

Are Canada’s newsrooms ready to tackle fake news, cyber threats, ‘foreign adversaries’ ahead of 2019 election?

Le Devoir is working with data developers at Polytechnique Montréal to develop an internal tool that can help the newsroom 'have a greater overview of what's happening in social networks' in order to identify viral topics or strange patterns.

Become a Political Insider

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8