Children are unaware of the risks that recommended content, auto-play and nudges bring to their use of the internet. In this episode of Big Tech with Taylor Owen, Baroness Beeban Kidron asks: Do digital spaces need strict design and development guidelines for its youngest users?
Our economic systems favour open innovation and capitalist growth. But, as Dipayan Ghosh writes, there is one thing that democracies have always placed ahead of the free market: democracy itself.
Allowing intellectual property (IP) to leave the country comes with serious economic consequences. In this op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Karima Bawa and Myra Tawfik discuss the benefits of adopting a nuanced approach for retaining Canadian IP.
Jan. 13 – 7:00 p.m. EST (UTC–05:00): Join us for a virtual event with Laura DeNardis to celebrate the launch of her latest book, The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch. DeNardis will discuss the social and economic benefits of the Internet of Things, and how digital infrastructure has become a proxy for political power.
Feb. 9 – 1:30 p.m. EST (UTC–05:00): Join us for a discussion with David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, about the changing threat landscape, and the ways in which Canada can contribute to an important strategic discussion around national security and intelligence practices.
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