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The limits of misinformation: Canada election edition

Despite an onslaught of online hijinks, political attacks and foreign interference, Canadian voters have not been swayed by such digital tricks.
The limits of misinformation: Canada election edition
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HOWDY GANG. THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be in Brussels this week to interview Microsoft's president Brad Smith. You can watch along here on April 30, or put your name down here for one of the final in-person spots.

In other news, I was also just appointed as a member of an independent committee at the United Kingdom's Ofcom regulator to advise on issues related to the online information environment. More on that here.

— Canadians go to the polls on April 28 amid a barrage of online falsehoods. That won't stop Liberal leader Mark Carney almost certainly winning.

— There's a lot of politics to unpack behind the European Union's collective $790 million antitrust fine against Meta and Apple related to the bloc's new competition rules.

— Brussels spent $52 million in 2024 to implement its online safety regime. Those figures will rise by more than a quarter this year.

Let's get started:

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