Surge in fake political content on X attacking Mark Carney ahead of Canadian election

Though it’s the first federal election that saw Canadian news banned from being shared on Meta platforms, Canadians were blasted with misleading and fake political content ahead of the vote. According to an analysis by the Financial Times, a coordinated network of accounts on X attacked the Liberal’s Mark Carney and boosted positive content of the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre. Much of this content slammed Carney for his alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.