/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/3007/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/how-protect-children-big-techs-harms-national-post-334975 <p>November 7, 2021 | Co-written by Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen with Sonja Solomun, their article in the National Post looks at how the recently leaked Facebook Papers have spurred public concern and further debate on how policy should endeavor make these platforms more transparent and accountable.</p> <p><a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-2?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1636283850">Read the article. </a></p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:29:04 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2718 at /maxbellschool /maxbellschool/channels/news/facial-recognition-technology-speeds-ahead-canadas-privacy-law-lags-behind-ottawa-citizen-330329 <p>March 1, 2021 | Software company Clearview AI has recently been discovered illegally scraping countless images of faces on the Internet and selling them to third-party organizations in Canada. Co-penned by Sonja Solomun, Research Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, this article looks at the consequences of using facial recognition for the purposes of widespread surveillance. Read on to learn more about Canadian privacy law needs to change in order to hold users of facial recognition technology accountable. </p> Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:33:22 +0000 chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca 2443 at /maxbellschool