OTTAWA — Her kids are not reading the newspapers on her kitchen counter. Instead, they’re looking at their phones to find information.

That’s the example that Treasury Board President Anita Anand brings up when she’s asked about the federal government’s efforts to get its message out via payments to social-media influencers.

She says it worries her that actors who seek to spread disinformation can more easily do that on the platforms where members of the younger generation, including her own kids, spend their time.