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How to Protect Yourself from Disinformation, Transnational Repression, and Electoral Interference

April 23, 2025

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With election season in full swing, Digital Public Square has developed a set of tip sheets that provide best practices to protect yourself and your community from disinformation, transnational repression, and electoral interference.

The tip sheets highlight the common tactics employed by actors seeking to interfere in Canadian democracy, manipulate online information environments, and threaten Canadian citizens. The tip sheets also give advice on how you can guard against these tactics and make Canada more resilient to foreign interference.

The following tip sheets are available in English, French, and simplified and traditional Chinese.

Recognizing Chinese State-Sponsored Information & Influence Operations

Learn how to identify information and influence operations—including disinformation—from the Chinese government and its proxies, who are major perpetrators of information and influence operations in Canada.

Available in English, French, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese

Protecting Yourself & Your Community from Transnational Repression

Learn how to protect yourself and your community from transnational repression—when foreign governments reach beyond their borders to coerce, intimidate, or harm members of their diaspora and other critics and activists.

Available in English, French, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese

Foreign Interference in Canada’s Next Federal Election: What You Need to Know

Learn how foreign actors may try to meddle in Canadian elections, and what you can do about it.


Available in English, French, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese

Written by DPS Team