/channels/taxonomy/term/12616/all en /channels/channels/news/taylor-owen-uniform-social-media-regulations-359459 <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> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:38:10 +0000 webfull 202425 at /channels /channels/channels/event/influencers-translators-translators-influencers-359280 <p>Join us at the şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ School of Continuing Studies on Thursday, September 26 for an engaging talk, “Influencers as Translators; Translators as Influencers,” where translation and social media studies scholar RenĂ©e Desjardins will explore the somet</p> Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:54 +0000 webfull 202229 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-instagram-cracks-down-teen-sextortion-356743 <p>Instagram is aiming to make it harder for potential scammers and criminals to coerce teens into sending nude photos and extort them for money. The company announced on Thursday it is testing new features to curb an alarming trend called financial sextortion, which often targets kids and teenagers. (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/tech/meta-sextortion-tools/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CNN</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University who can comment on this issue: </p> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:29:40 +0000 webfull 199377 at /channels /channels/channels/event/platforms-power-and-democracy-352723 <p>Join <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBC Ideas’ host Nahlah Ayed</a> and renowned international experts <a href="https://joandonovan.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blan</body></html>"></a></p> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:42:36 +0000 webfull 194773 at /channels /channels/channels/news/we-are-crisis-knowledge-and-it-couldnt-have-happened-worse-time-globe-and-mail-352208 <p>October 20, 2023 | This opinion piece by <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> talks about the reasoning behind why he decided to take a break from X, formerly Twitter, a platform he has been using as a gateway to information for over a decade. </p> <p>He said "the platform is now broken. Where it once filtered valuable information about the world in a timely manner, it is now calibrated to anger and extremes under the ownership of a spiteful billionaire clearly caught in an ideological rabbit hole."</p> Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:31:34 +0000 webfull 194178 at /channels /channels/channels/news/curbing-online-harms-cbc-radio-340047 <p>June 20, 2022 | With the <a href="https://www.mediatechdemocracy.com/projects/democratic-expression">Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression</a>'s new report hot off the press, Commission co-chair and Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> sat down for an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the recommendations on curbing online harm that he and his colleagues have proposed.</p> <p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-june-20-2022-1.6494454">Listen to the interview</a>.</p> Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:14:11 +0000 webfull 180685 at /channels /channels/channels/event/2022-beatty-lecture-maria-ressa-339690 <h2><strong>"The Battle for Facts: Critical for a Sustainable Future"</strong></h2> <h4><strong>With</strong> j<strong>ournalist, author, freedom advocate, and the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa</strong></h4> Thu, 26 May 2022 14:37:01 +0000 webfull 180288 at /channels /channels/channels/news/whose-speech-will-elon-musks-twitter-be-protecting-exactly-globe-and-mail-339301 <p>April 27, 2022 | <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> and Supriya Dwivedi of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy write that Elon Musk's recent purchase of Twitter might strengthen the democratic governance that social media companies have fought against.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-whose-speech-will-elon-musks-twitter-be-protecting-exactly/">>>Read the article</a></p> Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:08:47 +0000 webfull 179828 at /channels /channels/channels/news/education-phd-candidate-stephanie-zito-wins-principals-prize-public-engagement-339162 <p>Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier has announced the 2022 winners of the <a href="/newsroom/channels/news/leading-mcgill-scholars-celebrated-sharing-their-work-media-339157">Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media</a>. <a href="/education/channels/news/phd-student-stephanie-zito-and-self-care-spotlight-329972"><b>Stephanie Zito</b></a>, a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, was announced as the winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows for her work in using socia</p> Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:29:35 +0000 webfull 179675 at /channels /channels/channels/news/screen-time-podcast-centre-media-technology-and-democracy-338703 <p>March 25, 2022 | <em>Screen Time</em> podcast is an eight-episode podcast miniseries that explores the rapidly evolving relationship between kids and technology. Co-hosted by Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a>, who also directs the School's <a href="https://www.mediatechdemocracy.com">Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy</a>, Catch up on the first three episodes:</p> Fri, 25 Mar 2022 16:56:34 +0000 webfull 179125 at /channels /channels/channels/news/evaluating-state-platform-governance-agenda-schwartz-reisman-institute-337815 <p>February 11, 2022 | As part of the Schwartz Reisman Institute's Seminar Series, Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> delivered a presentation on the regulatory frameworks governments are putting in place to mitigate the potential negative impacts of digital ecosystems, including Big Tech social media platforms.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJlPReG9Xw">Watch the seminar</a>.</p> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:44:47 +0000 webfull 178089 at /channels /channels/channels/event/career-pathways-digital-marketing-and-advertising-335207 <p><a href="https://mcgill.webex.com/mcgill/onstage/g.php?MTID=efcdae5176bb1b3899ebfa565b2d2f675" target="_blank"><img alt="Career Pathways in Digital Marketing and Advertising" src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/careerpat</body></html>" /></a></p> Tue, 30 Nov 2021 03:16:58 +0000 webfull 175167 at /channels /channels/channels/news/cmhr-host-virtual-symposium-online-hate-winnipeg-sun-334689 <p>November 8, 2021 | Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a> recently spoke at a virtual symposium hosted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. “We’ve had this experience where everybody needs to know similar things and trust similar institutions, and even behave in similar ways, (like) taking a vaccine. It’s difficult because antivax content and misinformation about the vaccine, and about the pandemic itself, has been incentivized to circulate far and wide.”</p> Tue, 09 Nov 2021 21:21:20 +0000 webfull 174589 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-whistleblower-frances-haugen-says-facebook-making-online-hate-worse-334442 <p>Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers that the social media giant stokes online hate and extremism, fails to protect children from harmful content and lacks any incentive to fix the problems, providing strong momentum for efforts by European governments working on stricter regulation of tech giants. While her testimony echoed much of what she told the U.S. Senate earlier this month, her appearance drew intense interest from a British parliamentary committee that is much further along in drawing up legislation to crack down on social platforms.</p> Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:22:54 +0000 webfull 174337 at /channels /channels/channels/news/we-have-regulatory-tools-we-need-fix-facebook-globe-and-mail-334185 <p> October 14, 2021 | In this opinion piece, Max Bell School professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/taylor-owen">Taylor Owen</a>, former Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin, and chair of the Canadian Citizens' Assembly on Democratic Expression, Peter MacLeod argue that the latest Facebook controversy surrounding the testimony by Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen has the potential to change the debate about regulating social media. They also explain why the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/research/centre-media-technology-and-demo</body></html>"></a></p> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:38:37 +0000 webfull 173977 at /channels