Taylor Owen聽joined CBC News to break down Canada's newly tabled Safe Social Media Act, calling it "one of the first trials in the world" of using access restrictions as a lever to force compliance from large platforms. Owen pushes back on the idea that the bill is unenforceable on US-based tech giants, pointing to penalties of up to 3% of global revenue and to similar rules already in effect in the UK and EU as evidence that "the idea that this can't be done is a far more difficult argument" today than it once was.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2026
June 11, 2026 |聽Taylor Owen聽joined CBC's Front Burner to walk through Bill C-34, the newly tabled Safe Social Media Act.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2026
June 11, 2026 | Taylor Owen examines Canada's newly tabled Bill C-34, arguing that the legislation goes beyond Australia's blanket under-16 social media ban by offering platforms a pathway to earn young users back if they can prove their products are safe for children.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2026
March 19, 2026 | Taylor Owen, in coverage by the Nieman Lab, discusses new research from 91黑料网's Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, examining how major AI models handle news attribution. The study finds that models rarely credit original news sources despite demonstrating extensive knowledge of Canadian journalism. Owen notes that the gap between content use and attribution raises concerns about transparency and the sustainability of journalism in an AI-driven information environment.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2026
January 29, 2026 | Speaking with CBC's The Current, Taylor Owen argued that banning social media for children under 14 is neither feasible or effective, despite growing concerns about the harms young people face online. While acknowledging serious risks, such as mental health impacts and exposure to age-inappropriate content, Owen emphasized that social media also provides real benefits for youth, much as it does for adults.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2026
January 22, 2026 | Taylor Owen recently submitted a report to the Minister of AI and Digital Innovation with recommendations on democratic governance and safety in his capacity as a member of Canada's AI Strategy Task Force.
He emphasized online platforms' responsibility to inform consumers when using AI to generate material. He further discussed the significant harm that AI chatbots can inflict on young people, including manipulating users and spreading disinformation.聽
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Published on: 23 Jan 2026
September 26, 2025 | Taylor Owen, Max Bell Professor at 91黑料网 and Founding Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, has been appointed to the Government of Canada鈥檚 AI Strategy Task Force.聽The Task Force, composed of experts from industry, academia, and civil society, will provide advice to the Government of Canada on its renewed AI strategy. Taylor Owen will contribute his expertise to advancing safe AI systems and strengthening public confidence in their use.
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Published on: 30 Sep 2025
June 25, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen,聽founding director of聽聽has come together with other advisors to build an application, called Gander.聽It鈥檚 a social media platform that lets you post videos, write updates, and tailor your feed to what聽you聽actually want to see 鈥� minus the trolls, conspiracy theories, and the 鈥渨hy is this even in my feed?鈥� content.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2025
April 7, 2025 | Taylor Owen and Helen A. Hayes wrote an opinion piece arguing that Canada鈥檚 failure to regulate its digital space is no longer just a tech policy issue鈥攊t鈥檚 a national security concern. With rising disinformation and direct interference from the U.S., Canadians now view the United States as a greater foreign threat than China or Russia. Although the Trudeau government introduced several digital policy bills, including those addressing online harms, AI regulation, and cybersecurity, most were abandoned after Parliament was prorogued.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2025
April 1, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen聽spoke on the new social media regulations as the elections approaches closer. If social-media companies wanted to help improve election integrity, they could share what鈥檚 happening on their platforms with researchers, said Owen. X used to give researchers access to its application programming interface (API), or data, but now its most in-depth access level costs about $40,000 a month, mentioned Owen, which effectively shuts out Canadian researchers.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2025
March 24, 2025 |聽With trust in journalism eroding, disinformation once fringe is now mainstream. Much of it is spreading on social media. Professor聽Taylor Owen聽says the online media environment in Canada is more fragile and vulnerable to manipulation than ever before. A dangerous situation at the best of times even more so during an election.
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Published on: 25 Mar 2025
March 6, 2025 | Taylor Owen explains Justice Marie-Jos茅e Hogue鈥檚 public inquiry into foreign interference that has identified disinformation as the most pressing danger to Canada鈥檚 democratic institutions. But what led to the creation of the Foreign Interference Commission in the first place? And how does social media platforms influence Canada鈥檚 information landscape and its sovereignty?
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Published on: 6 Mar 2025
February聽12, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen聽writes about the as he comes back from the聽Paris AI Action Summit. Owen explains how the governments are pivoting from regulating AI risks to aggressively pursuing foreign direct investment, and Europe faces a new era of AI adoption.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2025
May 7, 2024 | We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction are now transpiring into our reality. is a technology show where every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future.
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Published on: 7 May 2024
March 17, 2024 | In this episode of The Sunday Magazine,聽Taylor Owen joins a discussion on digital discourse and the future of online safety regulation.聽The US House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban against TikTok. Professor Owen speaks on Canada's standpoint with this decision, and how the federal government has launched a national security review of the video-sharing app.
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Published on: 19 Mar 2024
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