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Canada's online information ecosystem has fundamentally changed and so has Canadians' definition of news

Media Ecosystem Observatory · June 30, 2026

A national survey of 1,518 respondents and analysis of nearly 9 million social media posts examines how Canadians consume news and define journalism amid shifting platform and audience habits.

CMTD releases new research on social media safety, age verification, and AI governance amid major shift in Canada's digital policy landscape

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · June 26, 2026

As Canada advances the National AI Strategy, the Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34), and the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act (Bill C-36), CMTD and the Media Ecosystem Observatory release four publications on protecting young people online, governing age assurance systems, and regulating AI chatbot harms: a national survey of 1,306 Canadians showing broad support for stronger platform accountability, a comparative analysis of age verification systems, and the first systematic audit of major AI chatbot products against harms contemplated in Canadian legislation — which found safety performance varying from 98 per cent refusal of harmful requests in one system to harmful content in nearly two-thirds of tests in another.

Facebook's News Slop Economy: The Foreign Content Farm Flooding Your Feed, And Making Money From It

Canadian Digital Media Research Network · June 22, 2026

Exposes a coordinated network of 340 Vietnam-operated Facebook pages spreading AI-fabricated news across Canada, the US, and Europe.

Four things to watch out for in the Digital Safety Act

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · June 8, 2026

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Gen(Z)AI Presents Policy Recommendations for AI and Online Harms Governance in Canada

Media Ecosystem Observatory · April 30, 2026

The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy launches the capstone report of Gen(Z)AI: Canada's Youth Assembly on Artificial Intelligence, presenting evidence-based, consensus-built policy recommendations for AI and online harms governance developed by young Canadians across four regional forums.

Slopaganda: The Inauthentic YouTube Network Selling Secession to Albertans

Canadian Digital Media Research Network · April 21, 2026

An incident report on a network of 20 inauthentic YouTube channels boosting Alberta secession and U.S. annexation, amassing nearly forty million views.

Left To Their Own Devices, nominated for Peabody Award

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · April 10, 2026

From the Toronto Star

AI News Audit: AI, Canadian Journalism, and Paths for Policy Action

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · March 16, 2026

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Scoping AI Chatbots into a revised Online Harms Act: The Case for Immediate Action

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · February 24, 2026

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Conspiratorial Claims and Institutional Distrust in Canada's Online Ecosystem

Media Ecosystem Observatory · February 23, 2026

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Final Report to the AI Strategy Task Force

Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · January 22, 2026

A policy memo from Founding Director Taylor Owen addressing governance, safety, and trust recommendations for Canada’s National AI Task Force.

Power Shift: The Rise of Political Influencers in Canada

Media Ecosystem Observatory · November 13, 2025

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