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Category Archives: data regulation
New (co-written) from me: The Canadian government’s poor track record on public consultations undermines its ability to regulate new technologies
Over at The Conversation, co-written with Natasha Tusikov. In which we express our ongoing frustration with what, at this point, can only be described as the federal government’s refusal to conduct meaningful public consultations on data-governance issues. The government’s just-announced … Continue reading
Posted in artificial intelligence, data regulation
Tagged artifical intelligence, data governance, data regulation, generative ai, public consultations
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The New Knowledge: We dropped a classic today
My new book, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power is out today, via Rowman & Littlefield. It’s available for free as an open-access download (thank you, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council … Continue reading
Posted in data regulation, intellectual property, New Knowledge
Tagged data, intellectual property, Quayside, smart cities, surveillance
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New(ish) from me: Tech world sees trust as a weakness not a glue
Over at the Toronto Star, I discuss the question of trust and tech, focused on (wait for it…) Large Language Models and ChatGPT. Far too many of the more-optimistic takes on chatbots, say, how they will help people better express … Continue reading
Posted in chatgpt, data regulation, Digital Regulaton
Tagged artificial intelligence, data governance, large langauge models
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Regulating Facebook: Radical change or the status quo?
(I’m currently travelling through Brazil interviewing people for a book project on knowledge governance, hence the untimeliness of this post. (What’s the opposite of the hot take? Cool reasoning?) But since I haven’t seen this opinion anywhere else, and because … Continue reading
Posted in data regulation, facebook, privacy
Tagged data regulation, facebook, knowledge governance, privacy, social network regulation, social networks
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