The adverse effects of fake news and “alternative” facts south of the border have raised alarm here in Canada. There were parliamentary committee hearings and now Facebook is set to introduce to Canada tools that crack down on fake news.  A technological filter is necessary, but it cannot be the only or even primary solution for fake news. Even if the brightest academics design such technology, the over-reliance on it could lull into a false sense of security. In the broader public discourse, it is hardly surprising that academics have emerged as one potential resource for dealing with fake news. They can be a vital social element of the defense against misinformation. By the nature of their work, professors do research, find facts, judge the credibility of sources, and offer fact-based interpretations. Their credibility and authority are essential to the role they can play in discrediting fake news and these qualities should not be taken for granted. There is no reason to believe that either technology or academics on their own are silver bullets. For their part, academics who produce or facilitate the spread of fake news erode the credibility and authority of all academics and leave the public less protected against misinformation. In such cases, neither academics nor the public at large should idly sit on the sidelines. Vigilance and pressure are necessary to support and reinforce the potency of the social barrier to misinformation. However, perhaps due to the blind trust in technology or in brilliant academics, an outlet like the Montreal based Global Research: Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), continues to spread conspiracy theories under the guise of a research center, with an academic sounding name and affiliated Canadian academics. Founded and operated by Dr. Michel Chossudovsky since 2001, it publishes a mix of articles, many of which weave together elaborate conspiracy theories. It advances the conspiracy theories that the Srebrenica Massacre was a hoax, that Zionists politically control the United States, that vaccines cause autismand many more theories of this kind. In the capacity of editorial staff and research associates it boasts academics from the University of Ottawa, Université du Québec and Saint Mary's University in Canada and the State University of New York and the Sonoma State University in the United States. In 2005, The Ottawa Citizen drew attention to Global Research's anti-Semitic content. In 2011, Terry Glavin referred to the so-called Centre for Research as “a Canadian clubhouse for crackpots of the anti-war, 911-truth, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist variety.” Yet the Centre continues to actively spread stories claiming that the refugee crisis in Europe is part of “Zionism's war on Europe” , that Canada supports ISIS, and that Hillary Clinton was a “foreign spy” running for the President of the United States. These stories are just a small sample of the fake news that the Centre has disseminated to millions of readers in just over a year. It is troubling that Canadian academics and universities seem in no hurry to distance themselves from it and pressure those affiliated with this Centre to withdraw their support. When it comes to the spreading of misinformation, more than ordinary Canadians, academics should hold themselves and be held by general public to a higher standard of accountability.To this end, to reinforce the social element of the remedy to fake news, public pressure on universities and academics in some way associated with the CRG, would be a small albeit significant step in the right direction. While federal legislation and technological filters may offer some relief from fake news at some point in the future, there is no reason to dismiss the effectiveness of smaller, more immediate efforts to thwart the spread of misinformation. Addressing the activities of the Centre for Research on Globalization, and any scholarly credibility it claims for itself, is as good a starting place as any.Lev Marder holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California-Irvine and currently he is a Special Graduate Faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University. His broad areas of expertise include the history of political thought, politics of knowledge and ignorance, and democratic politics. Beyond academic journals, his political analysis appears in such outlets as the Washington Post and Ceasefire Magazine.