Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed digital content creation, enabling new forms of innovation, creativity and communication. However, it has also given rise to a novel and complex range of harms, among them the proliferation of deepfakes—synthetic media that convincingly manipulate images, audio or video. The increasing availability of AI-generation tools, coupled with limited regulation and detection mechanisms, has created a high-risk environment for largescale misuse.

Election periods are often the most intense and polarising moments in political life. Online discourse can quickly become hostile, shaping who feels safe to participate and whose voices are amplified or silenced. By tracking abusive sentiment at scale, SAMbot provides critical insight into the health of Canada’s digital political environment.

Across local, state, and federal politics, Australia continues to struggle to elect women and non-binary candidates of different, cultures and ethnicities, sexuality identities and experiences of disability.

Global Action Against Mass Atrocity Crimes (GAAMAC) partner the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) launched its Digital Peace Project, to uphold the UN Strategy and Plan of Action Against Hate Speech, and contribute to Canadian national efforts to mitigate online hate.