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34 https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5158/technology-data-and-elections-updated-checklist-election-cycle. 35 Microtargeting is explained and addressed in more detail later in this white paper. 36 https://www.reuters.com/graphics/U.S.A-ELECTION/DATA-VISUAL/yxmvjjgojvr/. 37 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/29/election-disinformation-campaigns-targeted-voters-of-color-in-2020-experts-expect-2024-to-be worse-00108866. 38 https://research.umd.edu/articles/social-medias-impact-2020-presidential-election-good-bad-and-ugly. 39 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65069316. 40 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/joe-biden-new-hampshire-robocall-fake-voice-deep-ai-primary-rcna135120. 41 Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News, “Inquiry into foreign interference to begin hearings in new year,” November 2, 2023, at https://www.cbc.ca/ news/politics/foreign-interference-inquiry-hogue-1.7016148. 42 https://globalnews.ca/news/10264872/canada-china-foreign-interference-elections-csis-report/.

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