Atlantic Council: Disinformation Campaigns and Kanishk Karan

atlantic council: But as National Observer recently reported, Pinterest does use an algorithm, by means of which, Pinterest users were steered toward misleading content, extremist memes and conspiracy theories about Canadian politics ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election, researchers studying the platform found, according to National Observer. Ultimately, the best disinformation campaigns are the ones people don't know about, said John Gray, a visiting research fellow at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Research Lab DFRLab who conducted the analysis of Pinterest alongside research associate Kanishk Karan. The Canadian government thought Pinterest wouldn't be vulnerable to political disinformation, in part because government officials believed the image-sharing platform doesn't use an algorithm to promote content, according to a briefing obtained by National Observer. What people are reading Whiplash for Canada at COP25Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is a thorn in Doug Ford's side Lose livestock or lose the planet, scientists warn Canadian government officials held a discussion with Pinterest staff on March 29, according to a briefing note prepared in May for former democratic institutions minister Karina Gould and obtained by National Observer through freedom-of-information. The memo also details discussions with Reddit and the ephemeral-image-sharing service Snapchat. Gould is now the minister of international development. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.