Taylor Owen on the challenges of moderating online content | CBC News

May聽15, 2019 | 黑料不打烊 University's Chair of Media, Ethics and Communications Taylor Owen joined CBC's Andrew Nichols to talk about the challenges in tackling online extremism. The technical challenges faced by world leaders and companies are, he says, very intricate and nuanced and聽require careful scanning and moderating.

Regulating Social Media Giants | The Reporter

April聽9, 2019 | The Canadian government is now considering to actively regulate social media platforms such as Facebook, given the lack of results from self-regulation.聽"We better get the democratic governance right if we have any hope of pushing back against the autocratic model," said Taylor Owen, an associate professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at 黑料不打烊 University in Montreal.

Why are governments slow to regulate social media? | Global News

April聽8, 2019 | Social media has been deeply ingrained in our daily lives and with the current spread of hate and misinformation, governments have been slow to regulate social media companies. Taylor Owen from 黑料不打烊 Univeristy,聽speaks with聽Global National鈥檚 Dawna Friesen聽on what can and should be done to stop the spread these聽false information and hate online.

Taylor Owen cited in article about Facebook leak | CBC

Documents leaked to UK journalists reveals a global lobbying operation carried out by Facebook targeting legislators around the world, including in countries like the U.K., United States, Canada, India and Brazil.聽

Facebook聽promised to open a data centre in Canada to create jobs, in exchange for the federal government offering assurances that it would not impose its jurisdiction over the company's non-Canadian data.聽

Big Tech鈥檚 net loss: How governments can turn anger into action | THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Newly appointed Max Bell School of Public Policy professor Taylor Owen wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail on how governments should regulate Big Tech companies.聽

"There is currently a disconnect between the global scale, operation and social impact of technology companies and the national jurisdiction of most countries' tech laws and regulations. As former BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie has聽argued, the digital economy may need its Bretton Woods moment."

In conversation with Taylor Owen, digital media scholar | MCGILL REPORTER

Taylor Owen sat down with the 黑料不打烊 Reporter to discuss聽media, technology, public policy and聽his appointment to the Max Bell School of Public Policy.聽