Foreign threat actors and foreign terrorist groups are using the social media feeds of Canadians to profile individuals and magnify misinformation, officials from Canada’s spy agency warned members of Parliament Monday.
Cherie Henderson, an assistant director with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), warned that hostile foreign actors aren’t waiting for elections to interfere in Canada.
“Foreign interference doesn’t just occur during an election,” Henderson told members of the House of Commons committee on access to information, privacy and ethics. “Foreign interference occurs all the time, every day.”
