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🔎 The Truth About View Counts: What TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube Don’t Tell You
The Verge
👉 https://www.theverge.com/social/639811/view-counts-tiktok-instagram-x-youtube-lies

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🎯 X Campaign Targets Canada Ahead of Federal Election and Promotes Mark Carney
Mon Carnet
👉 https://moncarnet.blog/2025/04/07/une-campagne-sur-x-cible-le-canada-a-lapproche-des-elections/

🛡️ Canada Outlines Steps to Protect Upcoming Federal Election
Newswire
👉 https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/le-point-sur-les-mesures-prises-par-le-gouvernement-du-canada-pour-proteger-la-45e-election-generale-825655615.html

🕵️ China’s Shadow on Canada’s Electoral Integrity
The Globe and Mail
👉 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-election-watchdog-china-influence-opinion-mark-carney/

🧠 Algorithmic Recommendations: A Critical Look at Digital Platforms
INRS
👉 https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/16430/1/RecommandationsAlgorithmiques_RJamet_2025.pdf

🧭 What Can Journalists Do in the Digital Age?
Columbia Journalism Review
👉 https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/what-can-journalist-do-allsop.php

💸 Trump’s Tariffs and the Media’s Economic Blind Spot
Columbia Journalism Review
👉 https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_tariffs_media_coverage_markets_.php

🕊️ Antonine Maillet’s Funeral to Be Broadcast Live on Canada’s RDI
Radio-Canada
👉 https://presse.radio-canada.ca/television/13855/funerailles-d-antonine-maillet-en-direct-sur-ici-rdi/

📢 #TAsPrisÇaOù: New Campaign to Combat Disinformation from Quebec Press Counci
CNW Newswire
👉 https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/lancement-de-la-campagne-de-sensibilisation-contre-la-desinformation-taspriscaou-888743193.html

📱 Tips for Creating Journalism on Social Media
IJNet
👉 https://ijnet.org/en/story/producing-journalism-social-media-heres-some-advice

📊 6 Tools to Take Your Data Visualizations to the Next Level
IJNet
👉 https://ijnet.org/en/story/6-tools-take-your-data-visualizations-next-level

📉 When Polls Disagree: Making Sense of the Numbers
The Writ (Substack)
👉

Election Writ 4/7: When polls disagree

🎥 Why Canadian Creators Are Missing from NAB Show 2025
Journal de Québec
👉 https://www.journaldequebec.com/2025/04/07/les-canadiens-se-font-rares-au-nab-show-2025

🤖 AI Isn’t a Substitute for Living: The Real-Life Test Still Awaits Us
Le Devoir
👉 https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/864421/idees-robots-conversationnels-vie-contemplative

🕳️ The Deeper Scandal Behind Signalgate
The New Yorker
👉 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/07/the-greater-scandal-of-signalgate

📱 Kids Spend Four Hours a Day on Phones and Social Media
Poynter
👉 https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/kids-use-phones-social-media-four-hours-day/

🎶 Why Quebec French Music Is Sidelined by Algorithms
Le Devoir
👉 https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/864394/musique-quebecoise-est-pas-moins-recommandee-algorithmes

📬 Secret Signal Chat Linked Conservative Candidate to Freedom Convoy
PressProgress
👉 https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-candidate-used-a-secret-signal-group-chat-with-freedom-convoy-leaders-right-wing-media-and-far-right-influencers/

🗞️ Student Journalists Remove Stories About Trump Under Pressure
The Guardian
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/student-journalists-remove-stories-trump

📣 Now Is Not the Time to Be Afraid
Le Droit
👉 https://www.ledroit.com/opinions/editorial/2025/04/05/ce-nest-pas-le-temps-detre-peureux-WXRD6AKX6ZBGJPNERAQ6XDEXWE/

🗳️ Liberal vs. Conservative Campaigns: How They’re Shaping Up
The Globe and Mail
👉 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/federal-election/article-how-the-conservative-and-liberal-federal-election-campaigns-are/

🧱 How Canada’s Next Government Can Safeguard the Information Ecosystem
The Globe and Mail
👉 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-how-the-next-government-can-protect-canadas-information-ecosystem/

⚜️ Respecting Quebec Means Action, Not Just Accent
Journal de Montréal
👉 https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/04/07/respecter-le-quebec-cest-dans-laction-pas-dans-laccent

🌱 Canadian Green Party Takes a Stand Against Journalists
Radio-Canada
👉 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2153893/verts-gnl-environnement-climatiques-regions

📺 Marie-Claude Barrette Reinvents Herself on TV in Quebec
La Presse
👉 https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/2025-04-07/marie-claude-barrette-a-su-se-reinventer.php