{"id":14699,"date":"2025-01-28T16:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/disinformation-an-existential-threat-to-canadian-democracy-hogue\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:41:12","slug":"disinformation-an-existential-threat-to-canadian-democracy-hogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/disinformation-an-existential-threat-to-canadian-democracy-hogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Disinformation an \u2018existential threat\u2019 to Canadian democracy: Hogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Disinformation and misinformation campaigns represent an \u201cexistential threat\u201d to Canadian democracy according to the foreign interference commission.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Justice Marie-Jos\u00e9e Hogue\u2019s final report on foreign interference in Canada found \u201cinformation manipulation\u201d poses the \u201csingle biggest threat to our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is noxious, and it is powerful, it poses a major risk to Canadian democracy. If we do not find ways of addressing it, misinformation and disinformation have the ability to distort our discourse, change our views, and shape our society,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n<p>The Hogue commission\u2019s sprawling 860-page report, released Tuesday, makes 51 recommendations to improve the Canadian government\u2019s response to foreign interference threats.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Hogue concluded that while the federal government has improved that response, it must \u201cfind ways of reacting more swiftly\u201d to counter what she considers an evolving threat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Politics<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10980946\/disinformation-an-existential-threat-to-canadian-democracy-hogue\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disinformation and misinformation campaigns represent an \u201cexistential threat\u201d to Canadian democracy according to the foreign interference commission. 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