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Canada’s CBC On European Charm Offensive To Rally Support For Social Media Detox Initiative


CBC/Radio-Canada bosses have met with the BBC and other pubcasters to rally support for an online initiative aimed at detoxifying social media.

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Tait, who runs Canadian pubcaster CBC/Radio-Canada, has been meeting with counterparts in Europe this week to rally support for an online initiative aimed at detoxifying social media. Tait has been critical of Facebook and other major social media platforms over the years, saying in 2021 that they bare “a large share of responsibility for amplifying and emboldening voices of hate” online. This week, she told Deadline that many groups, including women and people of color, had reduced their participation in online debate due to the vitriol, but the Public Spaces Incubator offered an alternative.

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