5 days ago
Facebook’s algorithms fueled massive foreign propaganda campaigns during the 2020 U.S. election – here’s how algorithms can manipulate you
Facebook has known that its algorithms enable trolls to spread propoganda
2 weeks ago
Online news in Canada continues to miss the why when reporting extreme weather
When audiences read about record-breaking weather in Canada, the stories they found in summer 2021 probably didn’t mention climate change
2 months ago
Will Postmedia face a reckoning for its climate coverage?
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Analysis
SFU prof hopes ethics complaints against the Vancouver Sun and the National Post will stop media promotion of misinformation
3 months ago
Six lessons from a year of supporting independent local news startups
Indiegraf's co-founder and CEO on how the media network is making an impact in news deserts across North America
3 months ago
Are Bill C-10’s efforts to regulate Canadian content at odds with net neutrality?
C-10’s emphasis on broadcasting is unfit for deeper matters of internet regulation. The bill doesn’t seem to grasp the urgent, wider issues at stake
4 months ago
Is the government picking the wrong place to start regulating algorithms?
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Analysis
Bill C-10 opens the door to regulating how CanCon is discovered online. More transparency around algorithms is warranted, but in more pressing areas
4 months ago
Apple threatens to upend podcasting’s free, open architecture
Creators will now have the option to require a payment for audiences to access their content on Apple’s platform
5 months ago
Record of long-term care coverage shows failure to challenge power structures
Analysis: The public has been inaccurately informed about the connections between big business and policy making by decades of coverage that didn’t critically examine the role of key lobbying group
5 months ago
How an oversight in the RCMP Act keeps justice suspended and truths hidden
Jane Gerster spent two years investigating a justice system misconduct case. While parties on all sides wanted to lift a 14-year old publication ban, FOIs revealed the RCMP didn’t know how and a judicial review showed the federal courts couldn’t
5 months ago
Being skeptical of sources is a journalist’s job – but it doesn’t always happen when those sources are the police
A tendency to go with the 'police said' narrative without outwardly questioning if it is right is a continuing failure of journalism
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