Oped on #fakenews in the Globe and Mail
Edward Greenspon and I on the likely evolution of #fakenews: a pernicious mix of AI, commercial surveillance, adtech and social platforms that is going to undermine democracy in some critical…
Taylor Owen
Oped on the governance of AI in the Globe and Mail
Mike Ananny and I have an oped in the Globe and Mail on the ethics and governance of AI. We wrote it in response to the Federal government’s recent funding…
The Platform Press
Emily Bell and I have written a Tow Center report exploring how Silicon Valley has reengineered journalism. We look at how publishers have been absorbed into the platform ecosystem, how…
Journalism After Snowden
My edited book for Columbia University Press with Emily Bell, Journalism After Snowden: The Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State, on journalism and state surveillance has recently…
It’s time to reform the CBC for the digital age
The oped below was written after the publishing of The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age, on which i served as a research principal. I have…
Report on state of Canadian journalism
For the past year I have had the fortune to work with Ed Greenspon, the Public Policy Forum, and a wonderful group of scholars and journalists on a report on…
Can Journalism be Virtual?
I have an article in the Columbia Journalism Review that explores virtual reality, Facebook, the challenges of doing journalism in and on virtual realities, and the importance of holding platform…
Article in Foreign Affairs
Last year I was fortunate enough to get to attend a remarkable workshop at the University of Sidney lead by James Der Derian. It was part of a workshop series…
Towards a Whole of Government Digital Strategy
I have a short article in Policy Magazine summarizing a broader argument that I have been making about the limitations of a siloed digital foreign policy. The argument draws extensively…
Coin Toss: Will blockchain undermine or buttress state power?
I have a review of Don and Alex Tapscott’s new book, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business and the World in this month’s Literary Review…
Interview on The Agenda
I was on The Agenda with Steve Paikin a couple of weeks ago to talk digital technology, power and some Canadian foreign policy. We got into both my Disruptive Power…
Speech at Public Policy Forum Dinner
I recently received the Public Policy Forum’s Emerging Leader award. It was presented at their annual Testimonial Dinner, which brought together a pretty remarkable group of over a 1000 policy,…
New Book: The World Won’t Wait
Roland Paris and I have a new edited volume out on Canadian Foreign Policy. The World Won’t Wait: Why Canada Needs to Rethink if International Policies features analysis from a…
New Report: Virtual Reality Journalism
I have recently released a report with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism on Virtual Reality Journalism. The Executive Summary is below, the full report can be found here, and…
Global Media Forum Panel: Foreign Policy in 140 Characters:
I was recently on a panel on digital diplomacy at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, titled: Foreign Policy in 140 Characters: How Technology is Redefining Diplomacy. It was a…
From Bitcoin to Wikileaks: Book talk at World Affairs Council
Last week I had the chance to talk about Disruptive Power with Quentin Hardy, the deputy technology editor of the New York Times at the San Francisco World Affairs Council.…
Towards a new Liberal foreign policy (Part 1/n: Ideology)
Over the coming weeks, on OpenCanada.org, I will be exploring the challenges and opportunities for a new Canadian foreign policy. Ideas for this series are based partly on the 2014…
Disruptive Power reviewed in Foreign Affairs
Cool! Disruptive Power reviewed in Foreign Affairs alongside the fabulous Data and Goliath by Bruce Schneier.
Article in Foreign Affairs
I have an article in Foreign Affairs on the governance challenge posed by algorithmic decision making: The Violence of Algorithms
Article in San Fransisco Chronicle
The following was in the San Fransisco Chronicle, on May 1 Why the U.S. should but won’t partner with hactivists Anonymous For a barbaric movement grounded in early Islamic apocalyptic…