Democracy Post-Pandemic: Big Tech’s Growing Hold on North America Rose Bostwick Jun 14, 2020 For many North American politicians, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic calls to envision a frictionless, digitalized…
Part 1: The Digital Wild West Sara Parker May 17, 2020 Although the lack of stringent regulation has allowed innovation to run rampant, unregulated use of advanced…
Facebook’s Fight Over Free Speech Lilla Adams Nov 8, 2019 Although Warren and Zuckerberg differ in their stances on protected speech, both coalesce around the same goal of…
Sharing, Caring, and Praying For Sudan in the Twitter Age Emma Frattasio Jul 17, 2019 Although Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter provided a global audience for the people of Sudan, this did not…
Part Two of Facebook’s Crisis of Identity: Cambridge Analytica Lilla Adams May 17, 2018 In March, journalists from UK newspapers The Guardian and The Observer released an in-depth news story about an…
I Am a Product, and So Are You Helena Martin May 4, 2018 I am a product, even though I wasn’t aware. Every day, we use social media by spending countless hours…
Montreal on the Front Line of the Battle for Information Security Alfred Crooks Mar 23, 2018 Artificial intelligence, or AI as it is commonly referred to, is at an important juncture in history. Technological…
Facebook: Russian Bots and a Crisis of Identity Lilla Adams Mar 11, 2018 Facing recent charges of spreading “fake news” and facilitating foreign interference, Facebook may be compelled to…
Why Facebook Took So Long to Identify Russian Ads Kiara Bernard Oct 14, 2017 On September 6, Facebook finally admitted to finding evidence pointing to Russian meddling on its platform to…
Alternative Methods to Counter Alternative Facts: How the Rise of Big Data Can… Marie Lemieux Jun 1, 2017 Big data is non-political. It does not sit on the right or left of any spectrum, discuss racism, anti-semitism or…