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In the media: Ontario councillors, candidates urge post-election action against ‘nastiness’ on campaign trail
I am quoted, alongside my Brock colleague Karen Louise Smith, in a CBC Hamilton article about the negative role of social media in the harassment of candidates in the recent Ontario municipal election. Key takeaway: That any prospective politician, whose … Continue reading
Posted in media appearances, social media
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Should American Democracy Founder, Don’t Expect Big Tech to Lead the Resistance
This is a shorter version of an article I wrote for cigionline.com back in February. It never got picked up, but I’m pretty happy with the way it holds together. While it is mainly focused on the vulnerability of US … Continue reading
Posted in democracy, facebook, platform governance
Tagged elon musk, platform governance, social media, twitter
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The Roaring Twenties
In early July, for our wedding anniversary, we spent eight days in New York. This was our first vacation since 2019, and pretty much our first time we’d travelled more than 200 km from our house since the pandemic began. … Continue reading
Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, Study on Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act
I was invited to appear before the Canadian Heritage Committee for their study of Bill C-11. While my schedule didn’t allow it, the Committee permitted me to provide a written submission, reprinted below. I would like to thank the Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Bill C-11, platform governance
Tagged Bill C-11, Canadian cultural policy, discoverability, platform governance
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Notes on the Occupation 7: Knowledge and the New Class War
A very, very good column from Andrew Coyne in the Globe and Mail this morning, in which he argues that the true dividing line revealed by the Ottawa Occupation involves competing claims over knowledge itself: Previous generations of class warriors … Continue reading
Posted in Ottawa Occupation
Tagged FluTruxKlan, knowledge governance, Susan Strange
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