Canada invests $3 mln to combat COVID-19 misinformation
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,...
Click here to read full article from source
To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this publication, please
Contact Us.