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Taylor Owen

@taylorowen.bsky.social

Beaverbrook Chair of Media, Ethics & Communication, Director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, & Principal Investigator of the Media Ecosystem Observatory, McGill University. Host of the Machines Like Us podcast https://tinyurl.com/9yn836x

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Taylor Owen@taylorowen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This week in Montreal we are hosting some of the top digital governance experts and practitioners in the world to discuss how to ensure that AI and digital technologies serve the interests of democratic societies. Agenda below.

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Media Ecosystem Observatory@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social · last yr.

“How do you separate the signal from the noise,” asks @taylorowen.bsky.social , “when the noise is just a baseline of really bad content?” Our team is tracking when online chaos crosses the line into strategic, manipulative, or malicious: sites.libsyn.com/434604/elect...

The Paul Wells Show: Election week 4: it's a jungle online

How concerned should we be about election interference online? Taylor Owen and his colleagues at the  keep a close eye on who's trying to sway our elections, and whether or not they're succeeding. He…

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Media Ecosystem Observatory@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social · last yr.

“News” ≠ journalism anymore. @taylorowen.bsky.social says Canadians are losing their ability to distinguish between reliable reporting and random info online, and it’s reshaping our democracy. The Meta news ban? “Radical.” 11M journalism views a day, gone: share.transistor.fm/s/f862a48d

Taylor Owen from McGill’s Centre for Media, Tech & Democracy | Get Fact by Kevin Newman | Episode 1

A deep dive into how disinformation is evolving—and what it means for Canada’s democracy and elections.

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Centre for Media, Technology & Democracy@mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social · last yr.

Our nation's sovereignty is only as secure as our ability to govern our digital space. But as @taylorowen.bsky.social explains, there are a number of vulnerabilities in our information ecosystem, including the outsized influence the U.S. has over it, which must be addressed: bit.ly/FI-disinfo

How Disinformation is Threatening Canada's Democracy

Disinformation is the greatest threat to our democracy, according to the findings of Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, the commissioner of Canada's public inquiry into foreign interference. But what even prompted the Foreign Interference Commission? What are the key takeaways from Justice Hogue's final report on Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions? And how does America — specifically President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and social media platforms — affect Canada's information ecosystem and, ultimately, our country's sovereignty? Taylor Owen, the director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, explains. 00:11 Chinese foreign interference 00:35 The start of the Foreign Interference Commission 00:52 Indian foreign interference 1:37 Russian foreign interference (Tenet Media) 1:52 Justice Hogue’s final report on foreign interference 2:47 U.S. hostility to efforts of combatting disinformation 3:07 Media Ecosystem Observatory’s work monitoring the information ecosystem 6:49 America’s influence over Canada’s information ecosystem 7:47 Misinformation via podcast influencers 8:22 How the design of our social media platforms incentivizes disinformation 9:02 How disinformation affects our sovereignty

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Taylor Owen@taylorowen.bsky.social · 2y ago

Everyone still ok with handing our low orbit broadband over to Musk? And the regulation of our public sphere to Meta, YouTube and TikTok? And the ownership of our media to US hedge funds? And our AI jobs and IP to Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Google?

Taylor Owen@taylorowen.bsky.social · 2y ago

A few initial thoughts on the Hogue Commission report. In short, at a time when the US is undermining efforts to study and respond to disinformation, this report puts Canada on the frontlines of a potential democratic response.