Children and Technology Policy

 

Children and youth stand to be especially impacted by the attention economy of data-driven technologies, educational tools that support surveillance and data collection, and toxic online environments.

Engaging with a broad network of interdisciplinary scholars, this work aims to understand and address the impact of media technologies on children and youth against a broader data privacy governance agenda. The Centre convenes leading experts, policymakers, and impacted stakeholders to question the challenges posed by digital technologies to children and youth.

 
 

📣Youth-Led Guide to Digital Rights and Safety

The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy and MASS LBP hosted a three-day Canadian Youth Assembly on Digital Rights and Safety culminating in 2023 Youth Assembly on Digital Rights and Safety Report.

All Work
Introducing Our Centre’s First Four Youth Fellows
Introducing Our Centre’s First Four Youth Fellows
McGill to host assembly of Canadian youth in Winnipeg to develop policy recommendations on online safety
McGill to host assembly of Canadian youth in Winnipeg to develop policy recommendations on online safety
Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, joins McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, joins McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy Comments on Heritage Online Harms Report
Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy Comments on Heritage Online Harms Report

Press release

Stop prioritizing the profits of Big Tech over the mental and physical health of our kids (Toronto Star)
Stop prioritizing the profits of Big Tech over the mental and physical health of our kids (Toronto Star)

Supriya Dwivedi

How To Fix Canada’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (Tech Policy Press)
How To Fix Canada’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (Tech Policy Press)

Sonja Solomun & Christelle Tessono

AI Oversight, Accountability and Protecting Human Rights: Comments on Canada’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
AI Oversight, Accountability and Protecting Human Rights: Comments on Canada’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act

This report is a collaboration of interdisciplinary researchers from the Cybersecure Policy Exchange at Toronto Metropolitan University, McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, and the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.

The Great Distractor
The Great Distractor

James Bridle

Defining the Lines with iMPACTS: A Multi-Sectored Partnership Policy Model to Rehumanize Children’s Online Communication (“iMPACTS Policy Model”)
Defining the Lines with iMPACTS: A Multi-Sectored Partnership Policy Model to Rehumanize Children’s Online Communication (“iMPACTS Policy Model”)

Shaheen Shariff & Farah Roxanne Stonebanks

It’s Time for a Change: Rethinking Policies to Protect Children’s Rights in a Datafied World
It’s Time for a Change: Rethinking Policies to Protect Children’s Rights in a Datafied World

Valerie Steeves

Facial Recognition & Canadian Youth
Facial Recognition & Canadian Youth

Luke Stark

Ruptures in Authenticity and Authentic Ruptures: Producing White Influencer Vulnerability
Ruptures in Authenticity and Authentic Ruptures: Producing White Influencer Vulnerability

Sarah Banet-Weiser

Improving Student Privacy Through Better Governance
Improving Student Privacy Through Better Governance

Elizabeth Laird

“How to protect children from Big Tech's harms” (National Post)
“How to protect children from Big Tech's harms” (National Post)

Taylor Owen & Sonja Solomun

Submission for the Federal Government’s 2021 Proposed Approach to Address Harmful Content Online
Submission for the Federal Government’s 2021 Proposed Approach to Address Harmful Content Online

Sonja Solomun & Taylor Owen