May 12, 2019 | Social media companies are beginning to worry politicians around the world. In the context of聽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聽Taylor Owen asserts that it is not too late for Canada to beef up its laws and regulate tech giants.聽
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 15, 2019 | World leaders including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's聽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聽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 |聽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聽聽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聽shares his views on this new framework.聽
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Published on: 17 May 2019
May 15, 2019 | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other world leaders reunited in Paris聽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.聽
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Published on: 16 May 2019
April聽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.聽"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聽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,聽speaks with聽Global National鈥檚 Dawna Friesen聽on what can and should be done to stop the spread these聽false information and hate online.
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Published on: 10 Apr 2019
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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