Gwen Roley

Montreal

Digital Verification Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP)

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Articles

La campagne canadienne accentue la rupture des électeurs avec les médias traditionnels

1 week ago | wargny.com | Gwen Roley

Le Canada vit sa première campagne électorale avec l'impossibilité pour les électeurs d'utiliser Facebook ou Instagram pour s'informer via des médias traditionnels. Une situation qui accentue la rupture avec les médias traditionnels et exacerbe l'effet de "chambre d'écho", estiment les experts. Depuis plus d'un an, le Canada est l'unique pays dans le monde où Meta a bloqué pour tous les utilisateurs les contenus d'actualité.
La campagne canadienne accentue la rupture des électeurs avec les médias traditionnels

1 week ago | capitol.fr | Gwen Roley

Le Canada vit sa première campagne électorale avec l'impossibilité pour les électeurs d'utiliser Facebook ou Instagram pour s'informer via des médias traditionnels. Une situation qui accentue la rupture avec les médias traditionnels et exacerbe l'effet de "chambre d'écho", estiment les experts. Depuis plus d'un an, le Canada est l'unique pays dans le monde où Meta a bloqué pour tous les utilisateurs les contenus d'actualité.
Canadian law does not make Mark Carney ineligible for office

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

"Mark CARNEY is INELIGIBLE to run for Canadian PM," an April 13, 2025 Facebook post claims. It points to Carney's previous service as an economic advisor to Justin Trudeau as the reason he is not eligible to be prime minister or sit as a member of Parliament (archived here). Similar claims have circulated since at least the end of March on Facebook, Instagram and X, most of them referring to the Parliament of Canada Act's Section 32 (archived here).
Meta News Ban Intensifying Canadians' Legacy Media Break

1 week ago | barrons.com | Gwen Roley

April 14, 2025, 10:10 pm EDTAs Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers -- and no links to articles from major media outlets. For more than a year, social media giant Meta has cut access to news websites on its sites, rebuffing Canada's government over a law called the Online News Act and its requirement that platforms compensate journalism outlets for their content.
Reviewer's quotes misrepresented as passage from Mark Carney's book

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

"Mark Carney is insane!" reads the text inside an April 8, 2025 X photo shared by Tamara Lich, an organizer of the Ottawa Trucker Convoy who is currently awaiting a verdict in the criminal trial over her role in the controversial 2022 protests.
Conspiracy theories dog Canada PM before election

2 weeks ago | macaubusiness.com | Gwen Roley

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is leaning into his banking background as his country fights a trade war with the United States, but his financial ties have also made him a target for conspiracy theories. Incorporating tropes familiar to followers of the far-right QAnon movement, conspiratorial social media posts about the Liberal leader have surged ahead of the country’s April 28 election.
Graphic showing surge for People’s Party of Canada was aired by mistake

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

Canada's electoral landscape has changed amid tensions with the United States and following Justin Trudeau's decision to step down as prime minister, but a TV graphic circulating on social media projecting 84 parliamentary seats for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) does not reflect current polling data.
Canada's richest province is not 'poorer than poorest' US state

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

The Canadian economy has been slowing in comparison to peer countries, but claims that all US states are richer than the northern country's wealthiest province are inaccurate. Measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, considered the best indicator of relative wealth, two provinces rank higher than more than half of US states, but three are poorer than the lowest-ranked US state, according to published data and economists.
Toronto airport images misrepresented as travelers skip US trips

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

"U.S. CUSTOMS TORONTO AIRPORT TOP: Spring Break, 2025 BOTTOM: Spring Break, 2024," reads the caption of a March 13, 2025 Facebook photo. The post compares two photos: one of an empty airport lineup area and another supposedly depicting a large mass of people waiting to clear US customs at Toronto Pearson International during spring break 2024.
Jack Daniel's layoffs announced before Canadian liquor stores removed products

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Gwen Roley

Canadian liquor boards pulled American products from their stores as trade tensions with the US intensified but claims that the removal of Jack Daniel's products precipitated a round of job losses for the brand are inaccurate. The Tennessee whiskey's parent company said it would take a hit from the drop in sales, but that the downsizing it announced in January 2025 -- before US President Donald Trump took office -- was not in response to tariffs.