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dwazou@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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A Toronto company is deliberately spreading hyperpartisan lies on Facebook. It owns a page called "Canada Proud" and has bought more than $250,000 in ads targeting voters

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A Toronto company is deliberately spreading hyperpartisan lies on Facebook. It owns a page called "Canada Proud" and has bought more than $250,000 in ads targeting voters

www.nytimes.com

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News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void.
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Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
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    I hope Canada does better dealing with their fascist stupid people problem than the US did.

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      At one point in time, when I went searching for “Canada patriotic image”, this is what I got:

      https://lemmy.today/pictrs/image/cd00e294-27ec-41b5-8004-03cc1ef78d59.jpeg

      I don’t feel like Canada is the place most-prone to nationalism in the world.

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        And yet somehow they’ve got American flag hung pickup truck douchebag Trumpies. It’s baffling.

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