Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
Vehicles line-up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
Ian Anderson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Gizem Ceylan, Yale University, and Wendy Wood, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Fighting misinformation doesn’t have to involve restricting content or dampening people’s enthusiasm for sharing it. The key is turning bad habits into good ones.
So far, Twitter’s rebrand = X + why?
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Social media has become a mainstay in everyday life, particularly among younger generations. And some are even willing to make trade-offs to stay online.
Do men post less often on social media because they fear being judged as effeminate?
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Twitter is in trouble, but is Meta’s Threads a viable alternative for disaffected users? Experts explain.
Google and Meta have said they will strip Canadian news from their platforms in response to new federal legislation forcing tech giants to pay publishers for news they share through their services.
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A series of crises in the Canadian media sector will become a crucial test for what the country’s media landscape could and should look like in the 21st century.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen takes a selfie – but where will he post it now?
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Social media account of Cambodia’s long-serving leader was deleted amid a spat with Facebook over videoed threats of violence against opposition supporters.
If your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you’re right.
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The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is that many studies analyzed only text, leaving visual misinformation uncounted.
New laws aim to give the public access to a repository containing every political ad sent out through social media.
An Australian law meant to force tech companies to fund news media lacks transparency in terms of how much money some outlets have received.
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Australia’s law to force tech giants like Meta and Google to pay media organizations has not always meant better outcomes for journalism. Will the same happen in Canada?
Scrolling TikTok or Instagram causes mental fatigue, which can lead people to purchase items based on how many ‘likes’ an ad has instead of how much value the product will bring them.