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When journalism is turned off: Preliminary findings on the effects of Meta’s news ban in Canada

April 2024 — This document presents preliminary findings of an ongoing research project on the effects of Meta’s decision to end news availability on its platforms for Canadian users. It examines the impact of this “news ban” on Facebook, specifically focusing on how it affected engagement with Canadian news outlets on Facebook and behaviour within politically-oriented Canadian Facebook Groups.

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An agenda for responsible technology policy in Canada

August 2023 — The launch of ChatGPT and the explosion of interest and concern about generative artificial intelligence (AI) has again reinforced that rapid advancements in technology outpace policy and regulatory responses. There is a growing need for scholarship, engagement, and capacity‐ building around technology governance in Canada to unpack and demystify emerging digital innovations and equip decision‐makers in government, industry, academia and civil society to advance responsible, accountable, and trustworthy technology. To help bridge this gap, this note contextualizes today's challenges of governing the design, deployment and use of digital technologies, and describes a new set of secure and responsible technology policy movements and initiatives that can inform and support effective, public interest‐oriented technology policymaking in Canada. We conclude by outlining a potential research agenda, with multi‐ sector mobilization opportunities, to accelerate this critical work.

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