Alberta Independence Videos: AI-Churned Disinformation Wave

0:00It's April 22nd, I'm Cory with The Story, and this is Canada News today, your AI-powered local news. A new report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network, Spotlight's 20 YouTube channels, pushing Alberta Split from Canada. These accounts racked up nearly 40 million views in the past year, pumping out what they call, Slapaganda, Low Quality, AI-Churned Videos, Full Love, Lies, and Sloppy Production. Future spotted matching templates, digital fingerprints, and weird glitches like mispronounced city names, hinting at coordinated fakes not made by Real Albertans. One voice acted from Pennsylvania popped up, but origins stay murky with no clear political mastermind. Alberta Independence-Backer Mitch Silvestree brushes it off as overhyped nonsense, saying if the vids boost their cause, why complain. Meanwhile, YouTube's on it, reviewing the channels for spam and scams that break their rules. Experts like University of Calgary, Projean, Kristoff, Boucher, call this just the tip, tracking

1:03up to 60 similar setups that Dodge bands by. Re-branding, they shift with hot topics, stirring US-Canada riffs and far-ride vibes, predating recent elections. National security folks, Warren Alberta, might not be ready for this disinformation wave ahead of any fall referendum, as these ops echo global tactics to. Crack open democratic fault lines.