The Canadian government announced another measure on Thursday meant to impact the information space, this time with a $2.4 million investment to counter “harmful online disinformation.” The minister responsible for the file has cited a desire to “have a common set of facts” as part of the motivation behind the new measure.
The initiative funded by Canadian Heritage is meant to promote “civic, news, and digital media literacy through funding third-party educational activities and programming to help citizens become resilient against disinformation,” according to a statement.
“These projects will give Canadians skills and tools to tell fact from fiction online. We live and work better as a society when we have a common set of facts,” stated Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez….