Archives: disinformation

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Trials by media have new judges argues new commentary from Populist Public’s Sandra Robinson

Trials by media have found new judges online. New commentary published in Feminist Media Studies by Populist Publics co-lead Dr. Sandra Robinson and Carleton University colleague, Dr. Emily Hiltz addresses the role misogyny, anti-feminisms, and disinformation played in convening public opinion in the widely publicized and sensationalized... More

Friday, April 22, 2022

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 agencies or media groups and banning Russian authorities from running ads on their platform. The following day, the social media giant purged a network of accounts, pages,... More

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Triangular Hate Receives Heritage Grant

Triangular Hate, a Populist Publics project tracking the distortion of historical memory by right-wing transatlantic networks, has received support from the Government of Canada in the form of a major grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizen Contribution Program. 'Triangular Hate: digital memory, disinformation, and... More

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