Canadians bombarded with rightwing online content ahead of voting

As Canadians head to the polls, concerns are rising over misleading rightwing content on US social media platforms that may influence the election. An FT analysis of over 350,000 posts on X shows coordinated accounts promoting Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre while attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney, with a significant volume of disinformation traced back to US influencers and bots. Amid relaxed content moderation policies by platforms like X and Meta, the Canadian public is increasingly wary of foreign electoral interference, particularly from the US, surpassing concerns about influence from China, Russia, and India.