MEO has worked with a wide range of Canadian and international partners to deliver a variety of projects, in each instance collecting enormous volumes of digital trace data and pairing them with regular surveying of voting populations.  

We have found that Canadians’ lives are increasingly shaped by digital technologies. In order to deliver on democratic ideals of free and fair elections, our information and media environment must be one where citizens are provided an extensive range of political arguments based on factually accurate information that allows them to make informed choices. Mis/disinformation, algorithmic amplification of content, and actors with malicious intent all pose a threat to this ability and consequently contribute to the erosion of democracy.