Canada\u0027s spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public against disinformation
The agency said that government and non-government actors exploit open democracies like Canada, particularly since the internet allows them to amplify messages that “interfere in healthy debate” and undermine confidence in institutions..“As more Canadians transition from conventional media to a digital news environment, avenues to spread messaging have proliferated, and social media provides further channels of amplification,” Sloane wrote.
“The Russians in particular are very good at creating fake identities on Facebook of composite North American, Canadian, U.S.-based people, that look and feel like the people who are interacting … certainly don’t seem to be coming from Russia,” Erlich said.Article content RRM Canada reports from early this year, which were obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, identify sites that are not overtly tied to the Russian state but are closely aligned with Kremlin narratives. They echo conspiracy theories and try to undermine countries’ support of Ukraine.
For example, the website quotes Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland saying that a Ukrainian victory would be a “huge boost to the global economy.” She was citing the conflict’s effect on global trade flows. The website portrayed that comment as suggesting the West was fighting a war for the purpose of economic profit.
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