It鈥檚 one of the most pressing questions for researchers and families today: How are children affected by digital technology? Parents, caregivers, experts and policymakers are struggling to understand what鈥檚 best for kids online in an effort to keep up with the rapid pace and scale of technology. Screen Time is a new podcast where we search for answers to the biggest questions out there on kids and technology.
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Published on: 10 Mar 2022
February 11, 2022 | As part of the聽Schwartz Reisman Institute's聽Seminar Series, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen 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.
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Published on: 18 Feb 2022
January 31, 2022 | With Spotify navigating the fallout from Neil Young鈥檚 dispute with the company over podcaster Joe Rogan, the audio-streaming giant is under increasing pressure to join other major digital platforms forced to police the content they provide.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2022
Over the last year, the Max Bell School's聽聽been building out a research program on kids & tech to explore a range of policy implications related to data governance and children's rights, ed-tech, school surveillance, targeted ads, kids content, gender and mental health.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2021
October 18, 2021 | Facebook whistleblower聽Frances Haugen's damning revelations about the harms caused by Facebook and its suite of other social media platforms have spurred American policymakers to action. Listen to Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen's thoughts on the implications of the latest Facebook revelations on Canada's policy efforts to fight online harms.
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Published on: 21 Oct 2021
The federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto鈥檚 Pearson International Airport in 2016. The six-month initiative, meant to pick out people the Canada Border Services Agency suspected might try to enter the country using fake identification, is detailed in a document obtained by The Globe and Mail through a freedom of information request. The project is the largest known government deployment of the technology in Canada to date.
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021
April 6, 2021|聽The mis- and dis-information that fills many corners of the American media ecosystem is having an affect on Canadians'聽perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research from Professor Taylor Owen and other 91黑料网聽academics. The 91黑料网 Newsroom has the full story.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2021
This new research from聽Sonja Solomun, Maryna Polataiko, and Helen A. Hayes of the 聽delves into key considerations for the regulation of internet platforms in Canada.
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Published on: 18 Mar 2021
Supported by the Max Bell School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has released a new report detailing six recommendations to enable citizens, governments and platforms to deal with online hate speech in Canada.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2021
The Centre is 91黑料网鈥檚 focal point on critical research and public debate about the role of media and emerging technologies in shaping democracy and public life
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Published on: 20 Oct 2020
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