Taylor Owen and Helen A. Hayes on Protecting Canada鈥檚 Digital Sovereignty Through Unified Regulation | The Globe and Mail
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.
Taylor Owen on Social media platforms鈥� election-integrity initiatives lack transparency | The Globe and Mail
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.
Taylor Owen on Eroding Journalism & Disinformation During an Election | CBC News
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.
Taylor Owen on How Disinformation is Threatening Canada's Democracy
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?
Taylor Owen on Europe's Strategic AI Shift Amid Geopolitical Fractures
February聽12, 2025 | Professor Taylor Owen聽writes about the "vibe-shift" of AI as he comes back from the聽Paris AI Action Summit.
Machine Like Us Podcast Series | The Globe and Mail
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.
What the tick tock of online regulation says about our digital discourse | CBC Radio
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.
AI and Canada's proposed Online Harms Act | GZERO
March 5, 2024 | In this episode of GZERO AI, Professor聽Taylor Owen聽takes a look at the Canadian government鈥檚 Online Harms Act, which seeks to hold social media companies responsible for harmful content.
How we can move forward, now that the divisive Bill C-18 is law | The Globe and Mail
July 23, 2023 | In this opinion piece by Taylor Owen and聽Supriya Dwivedi, they reflect on the passage of Bill C-18, the Online News Act, where the government is hoping that Google and Meta would expand the deals they currently have with some Canadian publishers to a wider range of outlets.
Curbing Online Harms | CBC Radio
June 20, 2022 | With the聽Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression's new report hot off the press, Commission co-chair and Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen sat down for an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the recommendations on curbing online harm that he and his colleagues have proposed.
Stronger government regulation of social media companies could improve free speech, says expert | CBC Radio
In an interview with CBC Radio, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen鈥攚ho leads the School's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy鈥攐pined on the role regulation can play in safeguarding free speech and online safety.
Access the interview.
Whose speech will Elon Musk鈥檚 Twitter be protecting, exactly? | Globe and Mail
April 27, 2022 |聽Taylor Owen聽and聽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.
New podcast brings leading research on kids and tech to the mainstream
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.
How to protect children from Big Tech's harms | The National Post
November 7, 2021聽| Co-written by Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen with Sonja Solomun, their article in the National Post looks at how the recently leaked Facebook Papers have spurred public concern and further debate on how policy should endeavor make these platforms more聽transparent and accountable.
Read the article.聽
Taylor Owen on What the Latest Facebook Revelations Mean for Canada鈥檚 Online Harms Legislative Plans | The Law Bytes Podcast
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.
