![]() ![]() ![]() The next issue of Weekend Dispensary will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. ![]() David J.A welcome email is on its way.Terry Glavin: It's official – China is a threat to Canada's national security.He is a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad. Marcus Kolga is a documentary filmmaker, digital strategic communications specialist and expert on foreign disinformation. Resilience to these malign efforts will only be achieved through permanent, ongoing, co-ordination between government agencies and co-operation with civil society, media and social media platforms. Photo by Chris Young/CPĪs the CSE has clearly spelled out, Canadians are being targeted by ongoing foreign information warfare, and these efforts are going to intensify over the coming months. Article content Canadian voters will encounter some form of foreign cyber interference ahead of, and during, the 2019 federal election, warns Canada’s Communications Security Establishment. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Social media algorithms must be adjusted to prevent the promotion of propaganda and disinformation to viewers who are unaware that they are being exposed to weaponized information. Companies like Google continue to fund conspiracy-theory media platforms - which aim to confuse and polarize readers - through its advertising platform. Facebook’s recent removal of Canadian white supremacist groups and supporters is a relief, yet thousands of similar groups continue to promote hate on social media platforms. The CSE report states that nearly half of all Canadians use social media as a news source, and that only half are “confident in their ability recognize disinformation.” This alarming statistic confirms the need to promote media literacy and regulate social media platforms if they are unwilling to do so themselves. The Canadian government should consider creating a similar strategic communications centre, in partnership with civil society, in order to co-ordinate government efforts, inform the Canadian public, and ensure non-partisan communications between all political parties ahead of our election. Disinfo” portal, which helps European media, policy-makers and voters check facts and maintain awareness of ongoing attempts to manipulate opinion. The European Union does this through its Eastern StratCom Task Force, “EU vs. The Canadian counter-disinformation strategy must also include the ongoing monitoring and publishing of threats as they emerge. Article content Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Beijing, China, on April 27, 2019. Congress, there have been no further international costs to the Kremlin’s broad, malicious attempts to destabilize Western democracy and subvert the international rules-based-order. Aside from the indictments and sanctions imposed by the U.S. Given its spectacular results, the Kremlin, and other regimes, have tried to duplicate those results, at various levels and forms, in other Western democracies over the past years, including Canada. The overall cost of such a campaign was reportedly cheaper than a single tank. We have seen how Kremlin information warfare has ripped through the fabric of American democracy. The toxic mix of lies and misinformation is transmitted using a variety of delivery platforms, including state-funded and supported news media, proxy groups and individuals, which are then amplified by social media platforms. When viewed in the context of Putin’s geopolitical objectives, information warfare represents an ultra-low-cost weapon that can still do real damage. Article content The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) complex is seen in Ottawa in a file photo from Oct. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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