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Youth deserve a safer internet. Will the new cabinet deliver?

Maddie Case, Zach Severyn, Ava Smithing & Maddie Freeman

MTD Media Tech & Democracy 4/30/25 MTD Media Tech & Democracy 4/30/25

How the next government can protect Canada’s information ecosystem

Taylor Owen & Helen A. Hayes

MTD Media Tech & Democracy 4/30/25 MTD Media Tech & Democracy 4/30/25

The Generation That Grew Up Online Is Logging Off

Maddie Freeman

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AI can be a threat to children’s lives. How can we build safeguards?

Taylor Owen

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Pierre Poilievre wants to defund the CBC. Here’s what Canadians think of that

Jessica Johnson

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A three-step plan for passing the Online Harms Act — before it’s too late

Emily Laidlaw & Taylor Owen

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Canada’s Online Harms Act gets the big things right (Globe and Mail)

Emily Laidlaw & Taylor Owen

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Don’t ban TikTok. Make it safer (Globe and Mail)

Frances Haugen & Taylor Owen

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Stop prioritizing the profits of Big Tech over the mental and physical health of our kids (Toronto Star)

Supriya Dwivedi

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“Canada’s democracy is under threat. Journalists must do more to protect it” (TVO)

Supriya Dwivedi

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The Online News Act keeps journalism alive while it adapts to a new world

Over the last decade, as the business of journalism has gone through substantial decline, governments around the world have struggled to develop policies to support them. The most polarizing idea to date has been the idea of forcing platforms and publishers into forced arbitration (Taylor Owen).

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