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Left to Their Own Devices X Jonathan Haidt
Left to Their Own Devices X Jonathan Haidt
What does it take to build a digital world that actually serves the people in it?
Register for Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Playbook
Register for Securing Canada’s Digital Sovereignty: A New Playbook
Youth online safety is at a turning point. Learn from experts about AI, platforms, and the state of Canada’s online safety policy.
Ecosystem Brief: Online Conspiracy Theories in Canada
Ecosystem Brief: Online Conspiracy Theories in Canada
This research brief examines the rise and spread of anti-institutional conspiracy claims in Canada’s information ecosystem and their impact on democratic trust, public health compliance and confidence in elections.
Gen(Z)AI | Youth Perspectives on AI & Information Integrity
Gen(Z)AI | Youth Perspectives on AI & Information Integrity
This report summarizes the second forum of Gen(Z)AI’s national process. Risks discussed included exposure to misleading or harmful content, algorithmic recommendation systems that reinforce echo chambers, declining trust in institutions, and heightened polarization driven by engagement-based platfor
Gen(Z)AI | Youth Perspectives on AI Chatbots
Gen(Z)AI | Youth Perspectives on AI Chatbots
This report summarizes the first chapter of Gen(Z)AI’s national process, which began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 7-9, 2025. At this Forum, which focused on AI Chatbots, a clear message emerged: young people are feeling the impacts of AI systems that can enable emotional dependence, under
Attention: Govern Or Be Governed - Recordings
Attention: Govern Or Be Governed - Recordings
Gen(Z)AI: National Youth Forums on AI
Gen(Z)AI: National Youth Forums on AI
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Podcast · Toronto Star · We gave children the most powerful tools in human history. Then, we left them to their own devices. When she was 12 years old, Ava Smithing spiraled down a social media rabbit hole that nearly cost her life. A decade later, she discovered she wasn't alone: Big Tech had rewritten childhood and adolescence for her entire generation. Armed with questions and a year to find answers, Ava embarked on a cross-continent investigation into a hidden digital world. She met teens in 12-step programs for social media addiction, young girls wrestling with compulsive porn use, and boys who had been blackmailed by international cybercriminals. This isn't a self-help guide to digital wellness. It's 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.
Machines Like Us Podcast
Machines Like Us Podcast
Machines Like Us is a technology show about people. We are living in an age of breakthroughs propelled by advances in artificial intelligence. Technologies that were once the realm of science fiction will become our reality: robot best friends, bespoke gene editing, brain implants that make us smarter. Every other Tuesday Taylor Owen sits down with the people shaping this rapidly approaching future. He’ll speak with entrepreneurs building world-changing technologies, lawmakers trying to ensure they’re safe, and journalists and scholars working to understand how they’re transforming our lives.
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