The Media Outlet has been independently certified according to the JTI Programme and CWA 17493:2019.

Certified by

Alliance for Audited Media – Northern America

Date of certification

13/09/2024

Contact details

1600 McConnor Parkway
60173 Schaumburg
United States of America

Media Outlet CBC News Legal Entity CBC/Radio-Canada Date of first publication 13/09/2024 Date of Latest Change 13/09/2024

10. Accuracy

10.1. Processes for Ensuring Accuracy

The Media Outlet shall have internal rules with a systematic editorial process to make sure that the content is accurate and the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to. This may include the verification process for the content and the role of editorial oversight.

Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?

Yes

Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?

Yes

Do you have a verification process for content and the role of editorial oversight?

Yes

10.2. Process Review

There shall be a mechanism for the periodic review of the editorial processes to ensure that they are in compliance with the Editorial Guidelines and that the accountability processes are effective and being used to support them.

Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?

Yes

Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?

Yes

10.3. Statistics and External Content

Statistics and external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified.

Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?

Yes

10.4. Identification of Journalists, Agencies

Principle and secondary authors should be identified, or if not, then recorded via publishing mechanisms, so that this information can be accessed if there is a query. This includes any news agency material subscribed to by the Media Outlet. Any details of individuals should be subject to the legal requirements of data protection and security considerations.

Are the Individual Journalists (including external sources) identified, for example through a byline, or recorded in publishing mechanism so that this information can be accessed?

Yes

Is all News Agency material used by the Media Outlet recorded and tracked?

10.5. Location Reporting

In news reporting, it should be clear to any reader or audience where a report is being written from, and if it includes location reporting. Where location reporting is constrained due to the mechanism or conditions of the facilitation this should be identified, e.g. an embed with an official army or independent travel with local militias. This may also include occasions where the reporting has been facilitated by a commercial, NGO or governmental organisation and labelling is necessary for transparency.

Is location reporting identified in your content?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure that any constraint on location reporting be explained in the report or in the context of its publication?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines require transparency where a location report has been facilitated by an external body?

Yes

10.6. Automatically Generated Content

News content generated, wholly or partly, automatically by means of algorithmic processes (such as but not limited to text generating systems, bots or artificial intelligence) shall be clearly indicated.

Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?

10.7. Algorithmic Dissemination and Curation

A Media Outlet shall indicate its policy on the use of algorithms for news content dissemination or curation and its adherence to best practice requirements from regulatory or advisory bodies.

Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?

Yes

Do you clearly indicate your policy on your use of algorithms for the dissemination and curation of news content?

Yes

Does the Media Outlet adhere to best practice requirements from a regulatory or advisory body?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

In our principles on AI, we have committed to Collaboration and indeed continue to lead the : We will continue to work closely with key players in media, education, research and technology to share our AI expertise, and participate in initiatives to protect trusted news and combat disinformation. These include international organizations such as the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), the Partnership on AI, and IVADO. By uniting our efforts, we will be better equipped to understand the new technological realities we face. We will also encourage conversations with the public to make sure our use of AI responds to your needs.
https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/approach-to-artificial-intelligence

CBC/Radio-Canada is subject to the Privacy Act and applies strict measures to protect the personal information it collects on its digital platforms. This is detailed in Section 1 of our 'Terms of Use': https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/terms-of-use-digital-services
Use of data including for personalized content is further detailed in our 'Privacy Notification for Digital Services': https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/privacy/privacy-notice

In our approach to utilizing data for algorithmic purposes, we follow 'Privacy by Design Principles'. You can see the framework on the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP): https://iapp.org/resources/article/oipc-privacy-by-design-resources/

10.8. Treatment of Explicit Content

Editorial processes shall ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content, of content which features children or other vulnerable people, and of live content.

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?

Yes

Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?

Yes

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