AskPippa🇨🇦<p>Saw this call to action on Linkedin. Looking for people to fight disinformation. I doubt it needs to be limited to Canadians. The discussion there looks like they're open to ideas, talent:<br>From Kevin Newman, Retired Network Anchor/Journalist for ABC/CBC/CTV News & Global National:<br>CALL TO ACTION FOR CREATIVE CANADIANS</p><p>Does this describe you?<br>A proud Canadian. Friend of America.<br>Someone who has worked in or is retired from television <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a>.<br>Someone with proven creative juice and a laptop loaded with GFX/edit tools.<br>Ready to act, but not sure how?<br>Do you believe the best defence is a moral offense?<br>Do you have half a day here and there to volunteer for the next 6 months?</p><p>If we still have your attention, here's what we're thinking.</p><p>As we're seeing around the world, the most potent non-combat weapon is increasingly <a href="https://c.im/tags/InfoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoWar</span></a>. Our adversaries are using it to soften resistance and make people question truth and facts. We are seeing they can win, even in the United States, yet no one seems to have come up with a defence plan. Our leaders are not protecting the hearts and minds of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a>, and winning over more Americans. We are becoming a bigger target for misinformation campaigns against our sovereignty.</p><p>So we'd like to propose kickstarting a defence.</p><p>We are looking for motivated creative Canadians capable of building rapid-response fact- checking on all the bogus information out there. A social media only campaign built for the platforms where <a href="https://c.im/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> thrives. This is not a partisan endeavor - we only seek to promote truth and verified facts.</p><p>So if you're looking to engage, here is the first step. </p><p>Send an email here: 2025iamcanadian@gmail.com<br>A former <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> and historian Jonathan Jackson will be managing our interest and building a database of volunteers. He will need your contacts, any specific skills and areas of interest you can research and write about, your resume and a sense of your time availability. We need <a href="https://c.im/tags/reporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reporters</span></a>, graphic artists, fact-checkers and video editors. We will not share this information with any outside entity.</p><p>We aim to eventually pay for the skills you bring. We are already hunting for donors across <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. If you think you can be a partner in this effort, please DM Kevin directly on LinkedIn. </p><p>Thank you for considering this appeal. We hope you feel as we do that its time to fight for Canada in the creative/information space and will share this online to friends in our industry. We'll keep you updated on our progress here.</p><p>Wilf Dinnick<br><a href="https://lnkd.in/gtsQwX4e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/gtsQwX4e</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Kevin Newman <br><a href="https://lnkd.in/gt5ub4kj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/gt5ub4kj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>