Figure 3. Most viewed inauthentic video thumbnails. Top 16 most viewed video thumbnails from the inauthentic channels.
With a potential Alberta referendum ahead, we're releasing "Slopaganda," an incident response report documenting a network of inauthentic YouTube channels pushing coordinated, fake Albertan political commentary. 🧵#cdnpoli
Are you a Canadian aged 17 –23? Your voice matters in shaping AI & age assurance policy.
Following our fourth #GenZAI Forum in Halifax, you can now share your perspective through Make.org's civic dialogue platform here: tinyurl.com/yyzny4mn
Last night in NYC, @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social joined Ava Smithing for a live recording of Left To Their Own Devices, followed by a community showcase of organizations from across the US and Canada that Haidt called "the Woodstock of tech reform." 🧵
Source: Media Ecosystem Observatory data from posts shared by Canadian influencers, news outlets and politicians
Posts featuring terms like 'maxxing' and 'mogging' have increased substantially in 2026, suggesting growing adoption of language associated with harmful behaviour.
But these terms aren't new — they originated in incel/manosphere online subcultures in the mid-2000s.
Is there any desire to expand it out so that a community identifies AI content? Seems like a lot of work for just one person 😅
Are you a Gen Z Canadian (17–23)? We want to hear your thoughts on AI & data privacy!
We just hosted our third #GenZAI forum, where 100 young Canadians drafted policy recommendations on AI data collection. Thanks to Make.Org, you can join the conversation here: tinyurl.com/yv6jz3rt
Are AI posts/accounts labelled by humans or how does the labelling work?
Our newest brief, “Conspiratorial Claims and Institutional Distrust in Canada’s Online Ecosystem,” examines how anti-institutional conspiracy theories circulate online and how widely they resonate with Canadians.🧵 #cdnpoli
Love this
Part experiment, part interesting
🚨 MEO is moving 🚨 Follow @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social for updates on our information ecosystem research! 🧵
Let me tell you who my BEST texting buddy has been lately.
My 11-year-old niece, Morgan.
Complete sentences ✅
Always asks how I am doing! ✅
Has interesting content to share✅
Knows when the chat as naturally concluded✅
Better than most adults and for sure all men.
Very happy to announce that our paper 'Just Another Hour on TikTok: ID sampling to obtain a complete slice of TikTok' was just published in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media!
Check it out here: journalqd.org/article/view...
Protests in Iran continue.
"A risk is that, if Trump sticks to his course, he will push the world back to the way it was in the age of empires a century or more ago - a world where big powers, with spheres of influence, sought to impose their will, and where mighty authoritarian nationalists led their peoples to disaster."
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
This summer, David Suzuki received attention for his iPolitics interview titled: “‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost.” This shift in tone led us to ask: Are Canadians Climate Doomers? @chrispyross.bsky.social 🧵
The #CharlieKirk shooting has sparked widespread debate about political violence. So, we surveyed Canadians to evaluate their perceptions of the event and political violence, comparing our results to U.S. data when available. Here's what we found 🧵
#cdnpoli #uspoli
Après une année marquée par l'ascension de l'IA générative et l'impact croissant des influenceurs sur les chambres d’écho, nos chercheurs sonnent l'alerte : sans règles claires ni transparence des plateformes, la manipulation pourrait bientôt dépasser notre capacité de détection. 🧵
Studying how public figures are portrayed in the news is hard: pre-defined taxonomies are limiting, and character summaries don’t scale well.
Our new paper introduces a taxonomy-free labeling approach using LLMs that can reveal nuanced character portrayals: aclanthology.org/2025.emnlp-m...
The Canadian Information Ecosystem during the 2025 Federal Election
🚨Our 2025 Federal Election report is here and it should serve as a warning for Canada to act now to protect future elections.
Canada’s 2025 federal election upheld its integrity, but exposed a digital ecosystem under mounting strain.
Read on to learn about our key findings 🧵
“Generally, fascists and extremists are trying to undermine institutions of truth, facts and education because that is what’s standing in their way – an informed citizenry” - Sander van der Linden
This photo is gorgeous! Definitely gives me joy in my day!
“All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room” (Blaise Pascal: Pensées)
“Gilgamesh, why are you roaming? Until the end comes, enjoy your life, spend it in happiness, not despair. Savor your food, make each day a delight, bathe and anoint yourself, wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean, let music and dancing fill your house… That is the best way for a man to live”
Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking; a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along. Carl Sagan
WEEKLY UPDATE: WEEK 6 OF CANADA’S 45TH FEDERAL ELECTION🚨
We open this final weekly update with 6 key reflections from our research team on the 2025 Canadian federal election. These are preliminary impressions—our full post-election report will offer deeper insight. 🧵
