Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for being here.
Mr. Al‑Rawi, I'm going to take advantage of your expertise in social media, communication and disinformation to ask you a few questions. I would like to know what influence you think Russian disinformation has on the population of Canada.
We know that several means are used, for example misleading claims, manipulated photos and conspiracy theories. We know that this is used a lot in social media and that this may have been exacerbated not only by the COVID‑19 crisis and the rise of the anti-vaccine or anti-system movements, but also by what is happening in Ukraine.
What is the influence of this phenomenon and what could the consequences be?