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DESCRIPTION:Countries around the world are grappling with how to identify a
 nd prevent a host of new threats to the integrity of their elections and d
 emocratic systems. Social media platforms and new data collection methods 
 have been used by both foreign and domestic players to sow divisions betwe
 en citizens and erode trust in our core institutions. Disinformation is of
 ten the tool of choice. With the next general election around the corner i
 n Canada\, is our policy framework up to the task of dealing with the deli
 berate spread of false information? Do our regulations and laws adequately
  capture new innovations in political advertising and campaigning\, such a
 s the use of bots\, social media influencers and data analytics? What is t
 he role of traditional media outlets?\n\nA conversation moderated by Jenni
 fer Ditchburn\, editor-in-chief of Policy Options.\n\n \n\n\nSPEAKERS : \n
 \n\n	Elizabeth Dubois\, University of Ottawa\n\n	\n		Elizabeth Dubois (PhD\, U
 niversity of Oxford) is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa
 . Her work examines political uses of digital media including media manipu
 lation\, citizen engagement and artificial intelligence. She leads a multi
 disciplinary team that includes political scientists\, computer scientists
  and communication students\, and collaborates internationally with nonpro
 fits\, technology companies\, journalists and academics. Her public writin
 g has appeared in Maclean’s\, the Globe and Mail\, the Toronto Star\, Poli
 cy Options\, The Conversationand Salon.\n	\n\n	Taylor Owen\, Max Bell School
  of Public Policy\n\n	\n		Taylor Owen (PhD\, University of Oxford) is the Bea
 verbrook Chair in Media\, Ethics and Communications and associate professo
 r in the Max Bell School of Public Policy at ºÃÉ«TV. He was pre
 viously assistant professor of Digital Media and Global Affairs at the Uni
 versity of British Columbia and the research director of the Tow Center fo
 r Digital Journalism at Columbia University. He sits on the board of direc
 tors of the Centre for International Governance Innovation and on the gove
 rning council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.\n	\n
 \n	Jennifer McGuire\, CBC\n\n	\n		Jennifer McGuire has been the general manage
 r and editor in chief of CBC News since 2009\; she led the digital transfo
 rmation of CBC News. A former senior leader of CBC Radio\, she led the rep
 ositioning of CBC Radio 2 (now CBC Music) and the creation of many popular
  Radio 1 programs including The Current.\n	\n\n\n\nMODERATOR :\n\n\n	Jennife
 r Ditchburn\, Policy Options\n\n	\n		Jennifer Ditchburn is the editor-in-chie
 f of Policy Options\, the IRPP’s influential digital magazine. An award-wi
 nning journalist\, she spent more than two decades covering national and p
 arliamentary affairs for The Canadian Press and for CBC Television. She is
  a three-time winner of a National Newspaper Award and the recipient of th
 e prestigious Charles Lynch Award for outstanding coverage of national iss
 ues. She is the coeditor (with Graham Fox) of The Harper Factor: Assessing
  a Prime Minister’s Policy Legacy (2016).\n	\n\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Ottawa\, K1P 1H4\, Rideau Club\, 99 Bank Street\, 15th f
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SUMMARY:Electoral Integrity and Disinformation | Pre-election Breakfast Ser
 ies 
URL:/maxbellschool/channels/event/electoral-integrity-
 and-disinformation-pre-election-breakfast-series-295995
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