Headlines For Nov. 28, 2021
CBC Canada How Brampton went from a COVID-19 hotspot to one of Canada’s most vaccinated communities After a dark period last year as a nationwide COVID-19 hotspot, Brampton and Peel Region have…
Headlines For Nov. 27, 2021
Toronto Star Fact check: Why did WHO name the new COVID-19 variant ‘Omicron’? The WHO chose on Friday to dub the variant, first reported to the agency by scientists in South Africa,…
Headlines For Nov. 26, 2021
The University of British Columbia Understanding TikTok’s impacts on public health TikTok has acquired more than one billion monthly users in just five years, but the influential video-sharing app remains one of…
Headlines For Nov. 25, 2021
The Western Producer Organization takes aim at misinformation A new grassroots organization has been launched to provide consumers with accurate information about agriculture. Canada Food Facts for Consumers (C3FC) plans on educating…
Headlines For Nov. 24, 2021
BBC Farm laws: Sikhs being targeted by fake social media profiles A network of fake social media profiles of people claiming to be Sikhs, and promoting divisive narratives, has been exposed. A…
Headlines For Nov. 23, 2021
Al Jazeera Audrey Tang on why tackling misinformation is crucial in pandemic Taiwan’s digital minister tells Al Jazeera that openness is key to ensuring misinformation does not morph into ‘hatred, vengefulness’. City…
Headlines For Nov. 22, 2021
CBC Misinformation in the courtroom: How cases challenging COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta have shifted Over the past 19 months, Alberta has seen church leaders, business owners and others challenge public health restrictions…
Headlines For Nov. 21, 2021
The Washington Post Facebook’s race-blind practices around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show Researchers proposed a fix to the biased algorithm, but one internal document predicted…
Headlines For Nov. 20, 2021
MIT Technology Review How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation In 2015, six of the 10 websites in Myanmar getting the most engagement on Facebook were from legitimate media, according to data…
Headlines For Nov. 19, 2021
Canada’s National Observer Why COVID lies spread in refugee and newcomer communities As children of immigrants, we often take on additional roles that would otherwise be fulfilled by our parents. In a…
