㽶Ƶ News - taylor owen /channels/news_feeds/all/term/taylor%20owen/rss en Taylor Owen on Uniform Social Media Regulations /channels/channels/news/taylor-owen-uniform-social-media-regulations-359459 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>September 6, 2024 | Taylor Owen spoke about the online harms of social media and how having uniform social media regulations enforced across all digital platforms, can help with the online governance on <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/09/06/collective-action-needed-to-combat-online-harm-from-social-media-say-experts">The Star</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:38:10 +0000 webfull 202425 at /channels Machine Like Us Podcast Series | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/machine-us-podcast-series-globe-and-mail-357258 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>May 7, 2024 | We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction are now transpiring into our reality. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/machines-like-us/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Machine Like Us</a> is a technology show where every other Tuesday <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Taylor Owen</a> sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/machine_like_us_podcast_bg.png?itok=xeqA8ovN" width="160" height="38" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 07 May 2024 14:53:04 +0000 webfull 199971 at /channels What the tick tock of online regulation says about our digital discourse | CBC Radio /channels/channels/news/what-tick-tock-online-regulation-says-about-our-digital-discourse-cbc-radio-356216 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 17, 2024 | In this episode of The Sunday Magazine, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> joins a discussion on digital discourse and the future of online safety regulation. The US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok. Professor Owen speaks on Canada's standpoint with this decision, and how the federal government has launched a national security review of the video-sharing app.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/taylor_owen_tiktok_ban.jpg?itok=CFXIb0ry" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:08:29 +0000 webfull 198694 at /channels AI and Canada's proposed Online Harms Act | GZERO /channels/channels/news/ai-and-canadas-proposed-online-harms-act-gzero-355938 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 5, 2024 | In this episode of GZERO AI, Professor <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a><strong> </strong>takes a look at the Canadian government’s Online Harms Act, which seeks to hold social media companies responsible for harmful content.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/online_harms_bill.jpg?itok=oZTQBNad" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">6 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:27:19 +0000 webfull 198386 at /channels What Google's deal with Canada means for the rest of the world | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/what-googles-deal-canada-means-rest-world-globe-and-mail-353362 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>December 5, 2023 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> joins episode of The Decibel by The Globe and Mail, to explain the details of Google's deal with Canada and what it sets for other places looking to bring in similar legislation.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Google%20?itok=Lzh7MQYZ" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Dec 2023 18:58:08 +0000 webfull 195474 at /channels It's time to table the Online Harms Bill | Toronto Star /channels/channels/news/its-time-table-online-harms-bill-toronto-star-353314 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>November 30, 2023 | In the article by <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> and Emily Laidlaw, they talk about the Online Harms Bill and how Canada is late to introducing this Bill. </p> <p>"We are late. Other democracies such as the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Australia have introduced legislation to safeguard citizens online."</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sergey-zolkin-_uey8ati6d0-unsplash.jpg?itok=-m4IRH_i" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Dec 2023 18:07:55 +0000 webfull 195417 at /channels Expert: Canada reaches online news deal with Google /channels/channels/news/expert-canada-reaches-online-news-deal-google-353186 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->The Canadian government has reached a deal with Google over the Online News Act that will see the tech giant pay $100 million annually to publishers, and continue to allow access to Canadian news content on its platform. Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge announced the "historic development" regarding the implementation of Bill C-18 on Wednesday, after the tech giant had threatened to block news on its platform when the contentious new rules come into effect next month.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/online_news.jpg?itok=42xLcFj6" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:54:34 +0000 webfull 195278 at /channels The OpenAI -Sam Altman drama: Why should you care? | GZERO /channels/channels/news/openai-sam-altman-drama-why-should-you-care-gzero-353173 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>November 28, 2023 | <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> co-hosted GZERO AI, a weekly video series intended to make their audience keep up and make sense of the latest news on the AI revolution. In the latest episode Taylor Owen explains the profound consequences of the OpenAI - Sam Altman drama. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/Taylow%20Owen%20?itok=Ang8sFxr" width="160" height="81" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:58:15 +0000 webfull 195264 at /channels Don't ban TikTok. Make it safer | The Globe and Mail /channels/channels/news/dont-ban-tiktok-make-it-safer-globe-and-mail-348503 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>May 26, 2023 | Following the controversial law in China that compelled companies to hand over platforms' user data if Beijing deems relevant to Chinese security, serious concerns were raised in Canada. Following this update most of the provinces and public institutions prohibited TikTok on government-owned devices. Former ByteDance executive has claimed that TikTok provides the Chinese government 'supreme access' to user data, indicating that the Chinese government is able to obtain information collected on Canadians' phones. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/TikTok%20app?itok=YhIkUUux" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 30 May 2023 19:12:41 +0000 webfull 189872 at /channels Will Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover have ‘big implications’ for Canada’s upcoming online harms bill? | Toronto Star /channels/channels/news/will-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-have-big-implications-canadas-upcoming-online-harms-bill-toronto-343464 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>November 9, 2022 | Professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Tyler Owen</a> weighed in the coming bill, saying Canada should look at how other jurisdictions have handled Musk’s “convulsions.” For example, the European Union has passed a Digital Services Act last summer that would require tech giants to monitor their platforms for harmful content.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/twitter.jpg?itok=yfakQwiv" width="160" height="101" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:14:58 +0000 webfull 184431 at /channels