"Why some U.S. TikTok users are deleting the app. TikTok’s U.S. operations are now majority controlled by an American-owned joint venture, but the transition was glitchy and users have expressed concern that there could be more censorship on the platform." www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
— Social Media Lab (@socialmedialab.ca) February 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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The internet blackout in Iran has stanched the flow of reliable information about the political unrest roiling the country. Filling the void has been a deluge of propaganda, disinformation and influence campaigns from countries or parties trying to shape the outcome of the conflict.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) January 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Conservative or NDP? Vaughan Election Pages on Facebook Share a Surprising Link. Despite opposing political stances, ad purchase details reveal a connection between the two pages. www.thestar.com/politics/fed... #CanPoli #cdnpoli
— Social Media Lab (@socialmedialab.ca) April 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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2026
- Noovo Info (online) “Conservatives won’t be only political party to use AI: experts” by Mike Le Couteur (June 29, 2026 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CTV News (online) “Conservatives won’t be only political party to use AI: experts” by Mike Le Couteur (June 29, 2026 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC (online) “‘It’s absurd; it’s brain rot’: Welcome to AI fruit slop, where fruits cheat on each other” by Kevin Maimann (March 27, 2026 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- The Conversation (online) “Canada’s new TikTok compromise fails to resolve questions of ownership and national security” by Philip Mai & Anatoliy Gruzd (March 24, 2026)
- Global News (online) “What does Canada’s reversal of a TikTok operations ban mean for users?” by Adriana Fallico (March 11, 2026 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC Radio – Ontario Today (online) “AI Video — What are the real-world consequences for you?” by Amanda Pfeffer (March 5, 2026 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Capital Current (online) “Eating local: Restaurants seek the perfect mix of social media presence and influencer content” by Luke Martil (February 11, 2026 – Cites the Social Media Lab’s The Influence of Influencers in Canada Report)
- CBC – The National (online) “Why some U.S. TikTok users are deleting the app” by Ashley Fraser (February 1, 2026 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Le Figaro (online) “Fake accounts, “likes” and the Shah of Iran: in the shadows, Israel’s digital war against the Islamic Republic” / “Faux comptes, « likes » et chah d’Iran : dans l’ombre, la guerre numérique d’Israël contre la République islamique” by Stanislas Poyet (January 30, 2026 – Included a quote by Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management.) The quote used was originally provided to the New York Times for a different story.
- Australian Broadcasting Company (online) “The US wanted to ban TikTok over national security concerns. Does a deal with China fix that?” by Max Walden and Jason Fang (January 28, 2026 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- The New York Times (online) “Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout” by Steven Lee Myers, Tiffany Hsu, Stuart A. Thompson (January 16, 2026 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
2025
- The Tyee (online) “How a Flawed X Feature Sparked False Political Accusations” by Jen St. Denis (December 1, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- North Shore News (online) “Fact File: How Canadian accounts got swept up in X’s location feature accuracy issues” by Marissa Birnie (November 28, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC (online) “New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors” by Elizabeth Thompson (November 26, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- La Presse (online) “L’ARC doit mieux former ses agents avant de se lancer dans l’IA, selon des experts” by Justin Escoto (October 25, 2025 – Quotes Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CityNews (online) “Experts say CRA must fix human responses before pursuing AI” by Justin Escoto (October 25, 2025 – Quotes Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC Windsor Morning (radio) “Facebook video of CN Tower on fire should have AI-generated content label, experts say” (Quotes Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC (online) “Facebook video of CN Tower on fire should have AI-generated content label, experts say” by Muriel Draaisma & John Paul Gallardo (September 24, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Radio-Canada (online) “TikTok a violé la vie privée de 1,5 million d’enfants au Canada” by David Savoie (September 24, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Global News (online) “TikTok failed to keep kids off platform, Canadian privacy watchdogs find” by Sean Boynton (September 23, 2025 – Cites the Social Media Lab’s The State of Social Media in Canada 2025 Report)
- AFP Fact Check (online) “Doubts over Kirk shooting suspect’s appearance stem from AI-manipulated image” by Gwen Roley (September 17, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CTV News (online) “How this Canadian man was falsely identified as the Charlie Kirk shooter” by Dorcas Marfo & Adrian Ghobrial (September 11, 2025 – Video Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Toronto Star (online) “Why fires have become the new front in the post-COVID fight for ‘freedom’” by Alex Boyd (Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Toronto Star (online) “bbno$, the Beaches warn approaching TikTok Canada closure will hurt homegrown artists” by Alex Nino Gheciu (August 20, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC News (online) “The YouTube-ification of streaming? Why Netflix is making big deals with YouTubers” by Nick Logan (August 2, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- NOW Toronto (online) “‘It was inappropriately drafted,’ Metrolinx bans AI from social media replies after GO Transit tweet sparks concern” by Patricia Dolor (June 11, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- France 24 (online) “US adversaries fuel disinformation about LA protests” by AFP (June 13, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- The Boston Globe (online) “Fake images, conspiracy theories swirl around LA protests” by Steven Lee Myers (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- Raw Story (online) “‘Catnip’: Tech experts expose tricks used to ignite right-wing fury at protests” by Travis Gettys (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- The Week (online) “FACT CHECK: Trump claims LA protesters came in with bricks, bore foreign flags” by The Week News Desk (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- The Times of India (online) “Trump’s troops, Soros’s bricks: Lies flood socials – What’s behind LA protests?” by TOI World Desk (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- The Guardian (online) “Misinformation about LA Ice protests swirls online: ‘Catnip for rightwing agitators’” by Blake Montgomery (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- The New York Times (online) “Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests” by Steven Lee Myers (June 10, 2025 – Quotes the Social Media Lab’s Bluesky post)
- CBC News (online) “Can we still tell what’s real? ‘Unsettling’ new AI tech makes generating ultrarealistic videos easy” by Natalie Stechyson (May 30, 2025 – Quotes Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Reuters (online) “This is the first federal election with Meta’s news ban in place” by Vanessa Balintec (April 28, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Toronto Star (online) “Conservative or NDP? Dual Facebook election pages in Vaughan share an unusual connection” by Alex Boyd & Ryan Tumilty (April 24, 2025 – Quotes Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management)
- The Conversation Canada (online) “Two-thirds of Canadians have experimented with generative AI, but most don’t understand its impacts” article by Anatoliy Gruzd, Philip Mai, and Anthony Clements Haines (April 23, 2025)
- 95.7 News Radio Halifax (radio) “Election-related deepfakes and disinformation” by Todd Venoitte (April 22, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- 880 CHED – Shaye Ganam Show (radio) (April 17, 2025 – Interview with Anthony Clements Haines, Research Associate at the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CTV (online) “Disinformation overload on the federal election campaign: expert” by Jesse Thomas (April 15, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- CBC (online) “This AI-generated action figure trend is all over social media. But is it just harmless fun?” by Natalie Stechyson (April 15, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd + Cites The State of Generative AI Use in Canada 2025 Report)
- Associated Foreign Press (online) “Conspiracy theories dog Canada’s PM before election” by AFP (April 9, 2025 – Quotes Anatoliy Gruzd, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- 880 CHED – The Courtney Theriault Show (podcast) “Conservatives and Liberals are targeting different generations and geographies online” (April 7, 2025 – Interview with William Hollingshead, Postdoctoral research fellow, Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Toronto Star (online) “Another TikTok ban in the U.S. is looming this weekend. Here’s what it means for Canada” by Mark Colley (April 3, 2025 – Cites the Social Media Lab’s State of Social Media in Canada 2022 Report)
- Noovo Info (online) “L’influence des groupes Facebook sur la campagne électorale fédérale canadienne” by Lila Mouch (April 2, 2025 – Cites the Social Media Lab’s State of Social Media in Canada 2025 Report)
- Toronto Star (online) “‘Canada as the 51st state’ seemed like Donald Trump’s idea of joke. Here’s how it stopped being funny” by Alex Boyd (March 22, 2025 – Quotes Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- Toronto Star (online) “Opinion | I grew up on Twitter. But with a new Trump era on the horizon, I’ve turned to Bluesky. Here’s what I found there” by Richie Assaly (March 10, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- The Nation (online) “Virus disinformation drives anti China sentiment, lockdown fears” by News Wire (February 12, 2025 – Quotes Philip Mai, co-director of the Social Media Lab at the Ted Rogers School of Management)
- South China Morning Post (online) “Viral HMPV clickbait stokes anti-China rhetoric, from India to the Philippines” by Agence France-Presse (February 11, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- Australia Broadcasting Corporation (online) “Trump’s TikTok reprieve is temporary. Change is coming, one way or another” by Ange Lavoipierre (January 20, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- Toronto Star (online) “TikTok appears to be back in the U.S. after a brief ban. Here’s what Canadian users need to know” by Andy Takagi (January 19, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- CBC Newsroom (TV) “What will TikTok ‘going dark’ mean for its millions of users around the world?” by Marianne Dimain (January 18, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- Weekly Voice (online) “TikTok Ban in the U.S.: What It Means for Canadian Users and the Future of Data Security” by Voice (January 16, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- CBC – CBLA-FM (radio) “TikTok and Red Note” (January 16, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- CBC Metro Morning (radio) “TikTok Ban” by David Common (January 16, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- Toronto Star (online) “The U.S. TikTok ban could hit in a matter of days. Here’s what Canadian users need to know” by Andy Takagi (January 14, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- Borders & Belonging (podcast) “False narratives with real consequences: The impact of social media disinformation on migration policy” by Maggie Perzyna (January 14, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd)
- Toronto Star (online) “After AI photo of Hollywood sign in flames circulates, experts say be wary of fakes” by Nathan Bawaan (January 10, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd)
- Globe and Mail (online) “What’s happening with TikTok in the U.S.?” by Samantha Edwards (January 9, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- CBC (online) “Meta is ending fact-checking in the U.S. Could that affect the vote in Canada?” by Elizabeth Thompson (January 9, 2025 – Interview with Philip Mai)
- The Narwhal (online) “Climate misinformation is exploding — and Canadian politicians are spreading it” by Michelle Cyca (January 2, 2025 – Interview with Anatoliy Gruzd)