Move by the search giant comes in response to Ottawa's efforts to support Canadian media, which has struggled to survive after ad revenue moved to the tech giants.

The government’s online news legislation became law this week likely setting off a summer-long staring contest between two tech titans and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Taylor Owen, a McGill University professor and leading scholar on the media, internet and public policy, about Bill C-18 (the Online News Act) as well as broader policy trends with respect to the internet, social media, and how we access and consume information.

The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill’s Max Bell School of Public Policy is helping to shape the debate about the governance of online platforms

Two years after her bombshell disclosures cratered any claim of integrity Facebook had left, Haugen is out with a memoir. In conversation with Vanity Fair, Haugen discusses life after whistleblowing, her plan for Ralph Nader–ing our way to getting platform accountability, and the technical details that we should all be familiar with—if we still want a say in our digital reality.

She has been on the cover of Time and U.S. president Joe Biden cited her during his State of the Union address last year. Now Frances Haugen is joining McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy as its new senior-fellow-in-residence.

Some Canadians will soon be restricted from accessing news on Facebook and Instagram, as Meta runs tests in response to Bill C-18

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen speaking with Taylor Owen, director of McGill University's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, at a Vancouver Public Library event Monday.

In government, ‘everybody's talking about’ artificial intelligence, but ‘nobody knows quite what to do,’ said Daniel Araya of CIGI.

The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for children and teens — and is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take “immediate action to protect kids now.”

Two years after Australia passed its News Media Bargaining Code, which pushed Google and Meta to inject some $140 million US dollars into the Australian news media ecosystem, other countries are set to move ahead with their own versions of the law.

Elon Musk has repeatedly vowed to increase what he calls the “fun levels” of Twitter, a platform that is rapidly losing active users, according to industry estimates.

The government was called on to act 'to prevent and prohibit companies from acting anti-competitively as both buyers and sellers in digital advertising markets

Lawsuit alleges the social media giant allowed advertisers to discriminate on basis of age, gender, race

Suggestions include prohibiting ‘knowingly making false statements’

Questions continue to swirl around Elon Musk and his handling of Twitter and whether the social media site will survive the ongoing chaos.

A researcher from an organization that teaches civic literacy says that changes to the verification system on Twitter are one of the 'most urgent' concerns.

Environ 30% des partisans du PCQ n’auraient pas confiance en l’intégrité des élections, selon un projet de recherche mené par l’Université McGill.

Google’s decision to poll Canadians about its concerns is the latest move from the multinational tech company in its battle against Ottawa’s online regulation legislation.