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4/5 Politically oriented Facebook Groups adapted, sharing news via screenshots.Six months after the ban, approximately 33% of Canadians still say they use Meta’s Facebook or Instagram for access to Canadian political and current affairs information.

Attn California and Australia: our new paper evaluating what happened to the media ecosystem when meta blocked news in Canada. Larger report with cross platform effects to come. Anya Schiffrin Gabby Miller emily bell #ijf2024

"We observe that the end of news availability on Facebook has resulted in a significant decrease in engagement for Canadian news outlets, but has not substantially changed the behavior of Canadian Facebook users" Sara Parker et al write, h/t Taylor Owen mediaecosystemobservatory.com/reports/state-…

New blog alert! In their new blog, Vili Lehdonvirta Oxford Internet Institute and Sara Parker consider the economic implications of a possible "TikTok ban” in the US. oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/u-…

Historian of schooling here to remind everyone that public universities are not, in fact, businesses.

Voters have a right to reality. Using AI to present distortions of political leaders will only cripple public trust and set a dangerous precedent for the future of democracy. huffpost.com/entry/opinion-…

1/Have you read recent headlines about Kamala Harris where she is labelled as a “brat” and seen references to coconut trees? Pop Crave noted her campaign account doubled in followers overnight after announcing her run for president in the next US elections.

Our research shows that ~60% of Canadians were afraid of #GenerativeAI influencing public opinion in June. This is a good example of why, at this crucial time of #Elections, we need to be vigilant with the stories we believe.

Important new report from Media Ecosystem Observatory detailing the implications of Meta's Canadian news ban on news consumption across five platforms: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter. A few observations. 🧵

Canadians’ interest in #national and #internationalnews is up. This includes Canada’s wildfires and political events in the US, like the #Trump assassination attempt and #Biden dropping out of the presidential race.

Thank you CBC Saskatchewan for having me on Blue Sky last week to talk about Media Ecosystem Observatory's recent findings on the consequences of the Meta news ban! youtube.com/watch?v=P4eq8D…

We couldn’t agree more: tech giants need to be more accountable and transparent. Researchers rely on this data for our work and need continuous access to independent, high-quality data to effectively address incidents and strengthen our information ecosystem.

Was a pleasure to talk to Ian Campbell about the Kirkland Lake bot incident and the roles politicians, journalists, and researchers can play in helping inform the public. Part of the story is based off our incident debrief here: cdmrn.ca/publications/b…

hot take but the internet can be more than the personal playground of a few private corporations :) Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/met… via TechCrunch

Wells’ first rule of Canadian politics remains undefeated

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

Stand by this: politico.com/newsletters/di…

On scaling laws, data centre investment, AGI, and the critical importance of giving jobs to people with PhDs. sparkerj.substack.com/p/working-smar…

Thanks to The Line for running this piece I wrote. I look at how partisans in Canada disagree on where it is important for emission reductions to take place. A difficult topic to broach in today's public opinion environment!