Season 2 of Machines Like Us is out now! AI has thrown universities into turmoil. This week's episode: should educators embrace AI or ban it outright? #MachinesLikeUs #Podcast #AI #HigherEd

We've got your next must-listen podcast 🎙️Centre Youth Fellow Ava Smithing hosts Left To Their Own Devices, a survival story from the front lines of 21st century childhood: where young people are re-writing the playbook for what it means to be human in a hyperconnected world. 🧵

🚨 Upcoming event: Join Deputy Director at the Centre, @sonjasolomun.bsky.social, on October 9th for Climate at a Crossroads, presented by @maxbellschool.bsky.social and @thewalrus.ca.

Exciting things ahead for our 2025–2026 Youth Fellows! The fellows will lead youth engagement events throughout the year, empowering young leaders across the country to raise awareness about AI and online safety, all while contributing to a national dialogue on digital policy. 🧵

@anjakaradeglija.bsky.social reports for @cdnpress.bsky.social: AI chatbots are reshaping the online harms landscape, with US lawsuits citing AI systems in wrongful deaths—just weeks after the Liberals said they’d review their online harms bill before reintroducing it in Parliament. 🧵

The Athenian Oath is a timeless call to civic responsibility, urging citizens to leave their city “greater & more beautiful” than inherited. This spirit lives on today with initiatives like the UK's New Citizen Project, seeking to restore trust in governance & empower citizens.

At Attention: Freedom, Interrupted, the panel "America as a Security Partner for Canada?" asked what Canada can expect from its closest ally in an uncertain security environment. 🧵 #foreignaffairs #cdnpoli #uspoli #partnerships #security

📌 Upcoming event: Catch @jessicajohnson.bsky.social‬, Senior Fellow at the Centre and author of What Should the CBC Be?, at the 2025 ‪@victoriaforum.bsky.social, taking place August 24–26 at the University of Victoria. 🧵 #VictoriaForum2025!📍

Google's AI Overviews launched last year with notable blunders like a suggestion to apply pizza toppings with glue. While Google maintains their overall accuracy, experts say this technology is reshaping the internet as we know it. @anjakaradeglija.bsky.social reports for @cdnpress.bsky.social 🧵

Today, Senior Fellow at the Centre and author of What Should the CBC Be?, @jessicajohnson.bsky.social spoke with @cjad800.bsky.social about how Google's AI overviews are problematic for media outlets and our information ecosystem. Have a listen here: tinyurl.com/4975yuhv

Now Hiring: 2025–2026 PhD Researcher on Youth & AI. Sept 2025–Apr 2026, 10–15 hrs/week. Seeking PhD students with expertise in AI, youth engagement, and tech governance who are motivated to empower young people to engage confidently and critically with AI. 🧵

A few months ago, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada launched a consultation to help shape a new children’s privacy code in Canada. At the Centre, we welcomed this step and made key recommendations grounded in research, youth input, and global best practices. 🧵

Applications for the 2025–2026 Youth Fellows program close August 6th! Click the link for more details 🔗 Les candidatures pour le programme des jeunes boursiers 2025–2026 se terminent le 6 août ! Cliquez sur le lien pour plus de détails 🔗 tinyurl.com/yz84x5u3

Our survey data shows that most Canadians support the CBC. So, why are we hearing calls to defund the CBC and other public broadcasters worldwide? Here's @jessicajohnson.bsky.social with a sneak peek of her findings from What Should the CBC Be? Read it here: tinyurl.com/msny7wwa

📢 Les candidatures sont ouvertes pour le programme des jeunes boursiers 2025-26 ! Opportunité rémunérée pour les candidats basés au Canada (entre 18-25 ans), passionnés par le bien-être des jeunes, les droits numériques et la sécurité en ligne. Plus de détails ici : tinyurl.com/yz84x5u3

📢 Applications are now open for the 2025-26 Youth Fellows Program at the Centre! This is a paid opportunity for Canada-based applicants aged 18-25, who are passionate about youth wellbeing, digital rights & online safety. Click here to learn more: tinyurl.com/yz84x5u3

🚨 Our latest report, What Should the CBC Be? is out now! The conclusion is clear: Canadians want CBC/Radio-Canada to continue, but it must evolve to remain relevant and trusted. Here's a sneak peek at the report 🧵

Is the CBC out of touch? Here's @emma-wilkie.bsky.social with some ways the CBC can connect better with all Canadians. What Should the CBC Be? is out tomorrow! Until then, here's a refresher on how Canadians feel about our public broadcaster: tinyurl.com/39yy6uht

For media scholar, @mikeananny.bsky.social, public broadcasters can be an investment in the public good—a space for shared values and visions of Canada. Our report What Should the CBC Be? by @jessicajohnson.bsky.social & @emma-wilkie.bsky.social will be released July 16! #cdnpoli 🎥 CPAC

Here's why a digital detox might be the best thing for your mental health 📵 🧘 Maclean's spoke to youth fellow Maddie Freeman about why she founded NoSo November, a movement promoting healthier online habits through a 1-month social media detox. tinyurl.com/4rzmm9yj

The CBC has made a lot of headlines this year. Here’s @anjakaradeglija.bsky.social, reporter-editor at @cdnpress.bsky.social, breaking down what’s happened since the start of 2025 and what the future might hold for Canada’s public broadcaster. 🧵 #cdnpoli

Troubling times lie ahead for Canada's information ecosystem if nothing is done, but for MEO director @abridgman.bsky.social, course correction is always possible. MEO's full report on the 45th federal election is coming soon! Follow us for more updates! #cdnpoli 🎥 CPAC

Why do we have the CBC, and why does it matter today? Senior Fellow @jessicajohnson.bsky.social unpacks these questions in a clip from our recent Digital Sovereignty event. #cdnpoli #journalism #cbc 🎥 CPAC

Canada just repealed the Digital Services Tax Act. We joined others Canadians for Digital Sovereignty to voice concern and call on leaders to tax Big Tech’s profits and reinvest in homegrown digital alternatives. #cdnpoli

Last week, we brought together leading voices in AI, cybersecurity, journalism, and governance to discuss the key issues shaping Canada’s digital future. Here are some highlights from the evening. 🧵 #cdnpoli #Canada #digitalpolicy #sovereignty

With a new ministerial mandate and growing political momentum, Canada has an opportunity to chart a new course. This final panel looked to the next phase of digital policy – featuring @raisapatel.bsky.social, @taylorowen.bsky.social and Elissa Strome (CIFAR).

Canada’s digital sovereignty is increasingly shaped by cybersecurity threats. Vass Bednar sat down with Rafal Rohozinski (The SecDev Group) and @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social to talk about how Canada can protect its digital borders and reinforce trust in its systems.

In our second panel of the evening, @anjakaradeglija.bsky.social ‬was joined by @jessicajohnson.bsky.social‬ and @mikeananny.bsky.social‬ to discuss how public media remains vital to democratic health in a fragmented information ecosystem.

What’s weakening Canada’s information ecosystem, and what does it mean for our democracy? @abridgman.bsky.social presented new findings from @meo-cdmrn.bsky.social on disinformation, polarization, and media trust in the wake of the 2025 election.

Tonight in Ottawa, we’re hosting government, media, and civil society leaders for Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Agenda Takes Shape. Join us for a critical conversation on what it will take to secure Canada’s digital future.

The rise of digital communication channels in the 2000s brought hope that greater democracy was on the horizon. But is amplifying public concerns enough to influence government institutions? 🧵 #WeThePeople #OpenGov #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTech #USPoli #USpolitics

The Online Harms Act was a long overdue attempt to regulate a digital world that consistently undermines young peoples' safety. But when Parliament was prorogued this Spring, the bill died. This moment is a second chance to get it right. 🧵

@daistmu.bsky.social just published their Survey of Online Harms in Canada 2025, by Angus Lockhart. #OnlineHarms #misinformation #Canada

As governments struggle to keep up with digital transformation, too many policy-processes continue to take place behind closed doors. For @petermacleod.bsky.social, the Citizens' Assemblies on Democratic Expression (CADE) offers a better way forward. 🧵 #cdnpoli #DigitalGovernance #democracy

Google's Gemini AI companion is NOT safe for kids We joined @fairplayforkids.bsky.social‬, ‪‪‪‪@epic.org‬ + other orgs & experts to call on Google to stop Gemini for kids < 13 --- and on FTC to investigate Google for violating kids' online privacy law Learn more ➡️ www.bit.ly/nogeminiforkids

"You can't build good climate policy on a foundation of bad tech policy" — The Centre's deputy director @sonjasolomun.bsky.social discussing "The New Climate Denial" on TVO's Big [If True] (@tvotoday.bsky.social) this week. #ClimateChange #ClimateDenial #ClimateJustice #Tech #Disinformation

Check out the latest episode of TVO's Big [If True] (@tvotoday.bsky.social), in which Deputy Director of the Centre, @sonjasolomun.bsky.social discusses 5 key narratives shaping "The New Climate Denial." Watch the full segment here: tinyurl.com/4d7ztybh

DemocracyNext founder and CEO, Claudia Chwalisz kicks off our AI & Democracy essay series, highlighting the permanent Paris Citizens' Assembly as a model for inclusive democracy in Canada and worldwide. 🧵

In their introduction to "Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance," Julian Lam and @sonjasolomun.bsky.social discuss the urgent need for inclusive democratic institutions that respond to powerful technologies like AI. Click here to read more: tinyurl.com/4efp4suy

📣 Upcoming Montreal event on May 7th! Join MTD's Sonja Solomun and Professor Vincent Rigby from Max Bell School of Public Policy at The Arctic & Climate Change conference hosted by uOttawa's Canadian International Council and Information Integrity Lab. Register here: tinyurl.com/25edtjet

How vulnerable are Canadian voters to the disinformation and deepfakes they’re exposed to online? @spaikin.bsky.social asks @taylorowen.bsky.social (@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social) tonight at 8/11pm #cdnpoli

Today, in partnership with @mila-quebec.bsky.social and CIFAR, the Centre is launching “Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance,” a 7-part essay series exploring how deliberative democratic processes can strengthen #AI governance. 🧵 Read: tinyurl.com/4xdv2nrw

"We're in a pretty big reset moment with two potential governments that have very different views of what the state's role in governing our digital technologies is," says director @taylorowen.bsky.social on the Paul Wells Show with @inklesspw.bsky.social. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

This #elxn45 will be the first vote under Meta's news ban. C-18, (Online News Act), was meant to boost Canada's information ecosystem—but platform defiance changed that. In new report, the full story of C-18 + crucial lessons for digital governance: tinyurl.com/c-18report 🧵➡️

This week on the Machines Like Us podcast, the changing face of election interference, with leading information manipulation experts @abridgman.bsky.social, @ninajankowicz.com, hosted by @taylorowen.bsky.social. Listen: lnk.to/machineslikeusTX

Senior Fellow Helen Hayes and Director @taylorowen.bsky.social in the Globe & Mail, on how a potential Tech Accountability and Sovereignty Act could help safeguard Canada's fragile information ecosystem. Full article here: tinyurl.com/8uzrsdtx

This #elxn45 and beyond, understanding our digital public sphere is more important than ever. At the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, we track these currents closely. Sign up for our newsletter for sharp analysis, new research & more: tinyurl.com/4c5zsjnh

WEEKLY UPDATE: WEEK 2 OF CANADA’S 45TH FEDERAL ELECTIONS🚨 From foreign interference narratives to AI-generated conspiracies, here’s what we’re seeing this week. 🧵⬇️ #CdnPoli #Election2025

After the 2016 U.S. election, the Media Ecosystem Observatory (@meo-cdmrn.bsky.social) found Canada was resilient to disinfo in 2019. But the landscape has changed. A 🧵 on how Canada’s information ecosystem became more vulnerable to information manipulation. youtu.be/zMgHfWGXzQc?...

MTD Director @taylorowen.bsky.social on CBC's FrontBurner for a critical look at Canada's information ecosystem heading into the election: shorturl.at/Vh0Vj