May 12, 2019 | Social media companies are beginning to worry politicians around the world. In the context of听the coming 2019 election, elected officials are worried that non-compliance with current laws may pose a threat to Canadian democracy. Max Bell School Professor and digital expert听Taylor Owen asserts that it is not too late for Canada to beef up its laws and regulate tech giants.听
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 15, 2019 | World leaders including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's听President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met at the "Christchurch Call" summit to discuss steps in eradicating online hate speech. Digital governance expert听Taylor Owen argues that national regulations protecting user privacy and data ownership may come into force earlier than we may think.
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 12, 2019 |听Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced the new Digital Charter, an attempt for the government to step in and regulate tech giants. This framework aims at setting expectations听听on issues such as data ownership, privacy protections and the online dissemination of hate. Digital expert and McGill's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communications Taylor Owen听shares his views on this new framework.听
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 12, 2019 |听Politicians are increasingly concerned that social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter听have become so听powerful and rich that they are effectively above the law 鈥� at least in a small country like Canada. Taylor Owen, McGill's Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications and Max Bell School spoke about the challenges in implementing international regulations on hate speech, but maintains that Canada is in a position to strengthen their laws.
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 15, 2019 | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other world leaders reunited in Paris听for the "Christchurch Call" summit. This meeting brought together politicians and industry leaders in tech to fight the spread of online extremism. McGill's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communications Taylor Owen was invited to CBC's Front Burner to discuss the challenges in implementing efficient measures to combat online hate speech.听
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Published on: 16 May 2019
May听15, 2019 | 香蕉视频's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communications Taylor Owen joined CBC's Andrew Nichols to talk about the challenges in tackling online extremism. The technical challenges faced by world leaders and companies are, he says, very intricate and nuanced and听require careful scanning and moderating. Beyond these technical difficulties, there is also a political dimension to this issue that requires a societal discussion on how "hate speech regulations" should be implemented.听
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Published on: 16 May 2019
April听9, 2019 | The Canadian government is now considering to actively regulate social media platforms such as Facebook, given the lack of results from self-regulation.听"We better get the democratic governance right if we have any hope of pushing back against the autocratic model," said Taylor Owen, an associate professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 香蕉视频 in Montreal. "The challenge of (content moderation) is that it's the most difficult piece of this puzzle."
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
April听8, 2019 | Social media has been deeply ingrained in our daily lives and with the current spread of hate and misinformation, governments have been slow to regulate social media companies. Taylor Owen from McGill Univeristy,听speaks with听Global National鈥檚 Dawna Friesen听on what can and should be done to stop the spread these听false information and hate online.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
Documents leaked to UK journalists reveals a global lobbying operation carried out by Facebook targeting legislators around the world, including in countries like the U.K., United States, Canada, India and Brazil.听
Facebook听promised to open a data centre in Canada to create jobs, in exchange for the federal government offering assurances that it would not impose its jurisdiction over the company's non-Canadian data.听
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Published on: 18 Mar 2019
Newly appointed Max Bell School of Public Policy professor Taylor Owen wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail on how governments should regulate Big Tech companies.听
"There is currently a disconnect between the global scale, operation and social impact of technology companies and the national jurisdiction of most countries' tech laws and regulations. As former BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie has听argued, the digital economy may need its Bretton Woods moment."
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Published on: 7 Jan 2019
Taylor Owen sat down with the McGill Reporter to discuss听media, technology, public policy and听his appointment to the Max Bell School of Public Policy.听
"In January 2019, Taylor Owen will be joining the Max Bell School of Public Policy. A leading scholar of media, technology and public policy, Owen, will hold the Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications. Taylor Owen鈥檚 research focuses on the policy and governance challenges created by the rapid changes to the digital media and technology environment."
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Published on: 26 Nov 2018
The Max Bell School of Public Policy at 香蕉视频 is excited to announce that leading scholar of media, technology and public policy, Taylor Owen, will be joining the Max Bell School in January 2019 as an Associate Professor and the holder of the Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications. Taylor Owen鈥檚 research focuses on the policy and governance challenges created by the rapid changes to the digital media and technology environment.
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Published on: 6 Nov 2018
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