Commentary
The Information Arms Race: Media and the Russo-Ukrainian War
By Nicolas Surges On February 26, 2022, Meta began ramping up their independent fact-checking on posts about Ukraine, labelling those which originated from Russian state-owned …
#WeAreEssential – Redefining Essential Work during COVID-19 Lockdowns
By: Leslie Rao & Maria Urso What does it take to be considered “essential” in a pandemic? How is the term “essential” used by small …
“Who watches the watchmen?”: Digital Moderation in the Age of Misinformation
— by Nicholas Surges Meta (formerly known as the Facebook Corporation) has increasingly come under scrutiny for the role it plays in shaping the social …
Triangular Hate receives major grant from Government of Canada
Triangular Hate, a Populist Publics project tracking the distortion of historical memory across social media networks by populist and far-right groups and persons on both …
Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic
Jennifer Evans, Carleton University Using conspiracy theories that include child sex traffickers and restaurants serving human flesh, QAnon has unleashed a modern-day moral panic. It …
Hate Speech 3.0
–Dr Laura Madokoro Over the past few decades, the idea of Canada as a multicultural national has been celebrated in popular and official culture alike. …