/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/2771/all en /maxbellschool/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 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 3091 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/will-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-have-big-implications-canadas-upcoming-online-harms-bill-toronto-343464 <p>November 9, 2022 | Professor <a href="/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> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 18:14:57 +0000 kibel.aker@mcgill.ca 2928 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/stronger-government-regulation-social-media-companies-could-improve-free-speech-says-expert-cbc-339336 <p>In an interview with CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen—who leads the School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy—opined on the role regulation can play in safeguarding free speech and online safety.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/are-you-ready-to-go-back-to-the-office-1.6437043/stronger-government-regulation-of-social-media-companies-could-improve-free-speech-says-expert-1.6437583">Access the interview</a>.</p> Mon, 02 May 2022 16:01:57 +0000 matthew.mclaughlin2@mail.mcgill.ca 2828 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/whose-speech-will-elon-musks-twitter-be-protecting-exactly-globe-and-mail-339301 <p>April 27, 2022 | <a href="/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 16:08:46 +0000 katrine.claassens@mcgill.ca 2823 at /maxbellschool