Bogus information online, climate change top Canadian fears in latest Pew survey
Aug 31, 2022 | 8:02 AM
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WASHINGTON — A new survey suggests Canadians see the spread of false information online and climate change as the two most worrisome global threats of the modern age.
In the poll by the Pew Research Center, 68 per cent of Canadian respondents described bogus online information as a major threat, followed by climate change at 65 per cent.
Foreign cyberattacks, which registered as the top concern in the United States at 71 per cent, also ranked high with 63 per cent of the 1,324 Canadians surveyed.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic fallout, however, the world economy and the spread of infectious disease were cited by just 58 and 57 per cent of Canadian participants, respectively.
