Democracy XChange 2024: The Impact of Online Harassment on Democracy

At the Democracy XChange summit in Toronto, Emily Laidlaw (Canada research chair in cybersecurity law and associate professor of law, University of Calgary) moderates a conversation on the impact of online harassment on democracy. Fae Johnstone (2SLGBTQIA+ activist and executive director & co-owner of Wisdom2Action), Laura Mae Lindo (assistant professor, University of Waterloo, and former Ontario MPP), and Beatrice Wayne (research director, Samara Centre for Democracy) share their experiences and discuss how to address online harms. The theme of the fifth edition of the DXC summit is "courage through chaos". (April 13, 2024)