A smartphone showing Meta’s blocking of Canadian news content on their Instagram social media app is shown in a photo illustration, in Toronto, on Aug. 1, 2024. The Canadian Press/Giordano Ciampini
Influencers had the “loudest voices” online in this spring’s federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report.
The report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network, co-ordinated by the McGill University and University of Toronto-led Media Ecosystem Observatory, looked at the election information environment.
