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Digital Democracy Project to examine online disinformation
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The Digital Democracy Project is a multi-year project to analyze and respond to the increasing amounts of disinformation and hate in the digital public sphere. It will monitor digital and social media in real time, coordinate with international research and policy development projects, and develop public policy responses to counter these threats to democratic institutions and social cohesion.
Date: Tuesday November 27, 2018
Report Highlights | Poisoning Democracy: How Canada Can Address Harmful Speech Online
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The rise of harmful speech online is a threat to Canada’s democracy. This report outlines how governments and digital platform companies can better address hate and harassment, including the creation of a Moderation Standards Council.
Date: Thursday November 8, 2018
Davos 2019: Looking for order in a disorderly world
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Slowing global growth, the possibility of a U.S.-China trade war, the chaos of Brexit, the urgency and inaction toward tackling climate change, and the perceptions of shortcomings in political and corporate leadership shaped the gloomier mood at Davos this year. Kevin Lynch, Vice Chairman of the BMO Financial Group, explains that the annual gathering in the Swiss Alps ventured far and wide in the issues tackled, but it produced limited success in tying it all together into a compelling narrative and concrete path forward.
Date: Wednesday January 30, 2019
Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report
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PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
Date: Tuesday May 29, 2018
DDP Research Memo #6: Political Advertising on Facebook
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The DDP partnered with the Online Political Transparency Project to analyze the Facebook advertising landscape during the federal election campaign.
Date: Thursday October 10, 2019
Opinion: As revenue declines and big tech steps in, there are three options to help journalism in Canada
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Facebook and Google have signed secret deals with dozens of desperate publishers to provide financial and other supports.
Date: Wednesday August 11, 2021
Future of news in crisis, with Edward Greenspon
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CBC's Ontario Today explores the future of news and the crisis of democracy caused by free digital media and social media marketing tools.
Date: Tuesday January 16, 2018
Public Policy Forum report warns of tech giants’ negative effects on democracy
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With the release of the PPF report "Democracy Divided", The Logic covers the threats that social media marketing tools and the highly consolidated digital media landscape creates for democracy in Canada and explains why this matters to Canadians.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
Harms Reduction: A Six-Step Program to Protect Democratic Expression Online
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The health of our democracy ultimately depends on citizens having the capacity, willingness and opportunity to participate in our public life. Following nine months of study and deliberations, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has settled on a six-part, made-in-Canada plan to address hate speech and other online harms, while balancing freedom of speech.
Date: Wednesday January 27, 2021
Online Culture Shift
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Women engaged in political life benefit from using social media. But characteristics of these platforms—specifically ease of communication, high volume of interactions, and anonymity—can lead to negative outcomes including cyber-harassment and the spread of misinformation, disinformation and harmful gender tropes.
Date: Thursday August 29, 2019
Report 1: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
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“The Waiting is the Hardest Part” is the first piece in a six-part series focused on attitudes about COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, public trust and support for government, and how this is all changing over time. The project is authored by Dr. Peter Loewen and is based on data collected by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO).
Date: Monday January 18, 2021
Policy Approaches to Harmful Content Online
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Canadian society has the resources to operate more effectively than violent extremists — and at scale — said panelists at two PPF events on countering radicalization online. Participants made recommendations in four policy areas to combat hate that festers without intervention, which not only threatens public safety, but the human rights and lived-experiences of all Canadians.
Date: Friday June 28, 2019
Party Financing in Canada: Perpetually New Challenges
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...in a charged social media environment benefits and costs of more detailed disclosure of donor identities and faster online posting of donations by all actors Several noted the increased number...
Date: Friday March 16, 2018
Report 2: Support for a Canadian “Vaccine Passport”
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"Support for a Canadian 'Vaccine Passport'" is the second piece in a six-part series focused on attitudes about COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, public trust and support for government, and how this is all changing over time. The project is authored by Dr. Peter Loewen and is based on data collected by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO).
Date: Tuesday February 16, 2021
Coming Home: Global Affairs’ Quest to Repatriate Canadians
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For six months, Global Affairs morphed into a giant consular and travel service. As part of the Public Service Innovation and Leadership During COVID-19 series, we dive into this account of historic department-wide shifts to consular services to help Canadians abroad. With a volunteer workforce of more than 1,000 public servants pulled from their day jobs, this consular focus led to major rethinking of how the department responds to an emergency and underscored the need to communicate the way Canadians do.
Date: Wednesday September 23, 2020