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A great summary of our initial Media Ecosystem Observatory analysis of the Meta news ban in Canada by Laura Hazard Owen, including the replacement of news links with screenshots of news stories. Much larger study to come this summer. niemanlab.org/2024/05/screen…

This week, The Globe launched Machines Like Us, a technology podcast, about people.
With a bi-weekly show, host Taylor Owen speaks to AI’s sharpest builders, thinkers, and critics about how AI can help, how it can hurt, and how we can live intelligently alongside it.
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Off to a good start The Globe and Mail Machines Like Us Podcast podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mac…

Could AI help solve the loneliness epidemic, or will it make things worse?

Max Bell School of Public Policy & Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy's Taylor Owen weighs in.

What do you think? Can AI cure loneliness? Let us know in the comments.

Nobel laureate @MariaRessa lived through the dangers of social media. She fears #AI might be worse. Q+A by @Taylor_Owen on the new The Globe and Mail podcast🎙️Machines Like Us. theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting… #journalism

'Shamelessness is the great public weapon of our time.' Salmon Rushdie in a wonderful conversation with Ezra Klein podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the…

We are live! Come and join us over lunch for our 3rd virtual roundtable on the #OnlineHarms act.

If you forgot to register, tune in to the livestream on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@mediatechdemo…

Reminder of our event this Thursday — Bill C-63 Unpacked: Making the Internet Safer for Kids

Join us on April 25, from 12-1pm ET for our 3rd roundtable on the #OnlineHarms Act. Register here: shorturl.at/ekADG

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Attn California and Australia: our new paper evaluating what happened to the media ecosystem when meta blocked news in Canada. Larger report with cross platform effects to come. Anya Schiffrin Gabby Miller emily bell #ijf2024

A core objective of the Online Harms Bill is protection of children. Other parts of the Bill have been dissected, but the kids part has not been closely scrutinized. Join Taylor Owen and I hosting our next panel of amazing experts to talk child protection. Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy

This was an excellent conversation. Highly recommend watching.