Ottawa, April 8 -- As the world is fighting coronavirus amid reports of fake news which are daily misleading the people, Canada on Wednesday decided to invest $ 3 million to counter misinformation online about the pandemic.

"Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced today that the Government of Canada is investing $3 million in several organizations through the Digital Citizen Initiative's Digital Citizen Contribution Program," Department of Canadian Heritage said in a statement."This funding will help combat false and misleading COVID-19 information as well as the racism and stigmatization that are often the result", it further said.Funded projects will reach Canadians on a national and local scale, online and offline,...