Ahead of the October election, Canada finds itself on the front lines of the war on disinformation and hacking
“It took the annexation of Crimea … and especially the interference in the American election for everyone to realize that everyone is at risk,” Vilmer said.
In previous campaigns, foreign actors like those backed by Russia sometimes focused their activities on promoting one side over the other — most notably in the U.K.’s Brexit referendum in 2016 and in the most recent U.S. presidential election, in which American intelligence agencies said the Kremlin eventually “developed a clear preference” for Donald Trump.
. These groups also seized on so-called wedge issues from both sides of the political spectrum to stir voter passions.occasionally fanned And in the build-up to October’s vote, security experts have warned that far-right U.S. groups are promoting hot-button issues in Canada to push their own political views on both sides of the border.
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