#4 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives
Taylor Owen - In Conversation with Andrew Clement
Related Readings & Resources
The Center for Media, Technology and Democracy, Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University
Big Tech with Taylor Owen, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) podcast
Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression (January 2021) ”Harms Reduction: A Six-Step Program to Protect Democratic Expression Online” Ottawa, Public Policy Forum
Canadian Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression (January 2021) “Canadian Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression: Recommendations to strengthen Canada’s response to new digital technologies and reduce the harm caused by their misuse” Ottawa, Public Policy Forum.
Taylor Owen (November 2019) "The Case for Platform Governance” CIGI Papers No. 231
Taylor Owen (February 26, 2021) "Is Big Tech ungovernable?" Globe and Mail, Opinion
Beverley McLachlin, Taylor Owen and Peter MacLeod (October 13, 2021) "We have the regulatory tools we need to fix Facebook" Globe and Mail, Opinion
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Event Details
#4 in CFE Series: Taming Big Tech: Exploring the Alternatives
Taylor Owen - In Conversation with Andrew Clement
Taylor Owen is Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications at McGill University and founding Director of the Center Media, Technology and Democracy. Formerly, he was Research Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism. He is host of the podcast Big Tech. Join Taylor is conversation with Andrew Clement, Professor Emeritus in University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information where he coordinates the Information Policy Research Program.
Co-sponsors: Edmonton Public Library, Milton Public Library, Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, Toronto Public Library.
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