{"id":24149,"date":"2016-11-03T09:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T09:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?p=24149"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:50:21","slug":"fractured-facts-how-generative-ai-fuels-anti-immigrant-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/2016\/11\/03\/fractured-facts-how-generative-ai-fuels-anti-immigrant-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philip Mai, the Social Media Lab&#8217;s co-director, presented the Lab\u2019s latest work on migration-related narratives and the growing role of generative AI in misinformation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/site.pheedloop.com\/event\/p2pvvp2025\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathways to Prosperity Conference<\/a> in Halifax on&nbsp;November&nbsp;24-26,&nbsp;2025. The <a href=\"http:\/\/p2pcanada.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) Partnership<\/a> is a national alliance dedicated to providing an actionable evidence base for immigrant settlement and integration policies and programs in Canada. The Partnership includes key federal and provincial\/territorial migration ministries; municipalities; national, regional and local organizations involved in newcomer settlement; and researchers from across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/2025\/04\/08\/new-report-the-state-of-generative-ai-use-in-canada-2025-exploring-public-attitudes-and-adoption-trends\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23454\" style=\"width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talk outlined current patterns in Canadians\u2019 media habits and AI adoption, setting up why concerns about misinformation continue to rise as AI-generated images, videos, and posts become easier to produce and harder to detect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-google-docs wp-block-embed-google-docs\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1xQyY2SZa_pwP25yRhj0-F0eH91aQ5zEtFjp52oyWTwM\/edit?usp=sharing\">Philip Mai -Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation<\/a><\/h4><p>Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation Fr: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1CNOMilUPAW4w9RjwqDw5LI8KUPkrJF0lBAh3pRVawf4\/edit?usp=sharing Welcome everyone. Today we&#8217;re going to discuss a critical and rapidly evolving topic: the impact of Generative AI on immi&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, the talk moved through real examples from Canada, Germany, and the UK to show how AI-generated content is already shaping public attitudes. It highlighted deepfakes crafted to stoke anger at refugees, fake crime photos pushed out within hours of breaking news, and meme campaigns linked to far-right networks. These stories don\u2019t just distort public debate. They affect the safety and well-being of immigrants, and they put extra pressure on authorities and the organizations that serve them by undermining trust and fueling fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mai wrapped up by offering steps communities and frontline workers can use to blunt that impact. He walked through simple ways to spot manipulated media, check alarming claims, and guide clients through the risks they face online. He also previewed the Lab\u2019s upcoming Migration Ads Observatory, a dashboard that tracks migration-related ads across Meta\u2019s platforms to reveal emerging trends and narrative patterns. The aim is to give policymakers, researchers, and service providers the tools they need to see how AI-driven misinformation spreads and how it shapes public attitudes toward immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the direct link to Philip&#8217;s Presentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/halifax-en\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/halifax-en<\/a>. If you are interested in reaching out to Philip to learn more about the lab&#8217;s work in this area, please email us at <strong>info@socialmedialab.ca<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philip Mai, the Social Media Lab&#8217;s co-director, presented the Lab\u2019s latest work on migration-related narratives and the growing role of generative AI in misinformation at the Pathways to Prosperity Conference in Halifax on&nbsp;November&nbsp;24-26,&nbsp;2025. The Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) Partnership is a national alliance dedicated to providing an actionable evidence base for immigrant settlement and integration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":23454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[602,610,511],"class_list":["post-24149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-apps","tag-ai","tag-immigration","tag-misinformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24149"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24163,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24149\/revisions\/24163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}