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Can democracy survive AI? Owen, Taylor

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Dr. Owen is a Canadian scholar and policy expert specializing in digital technologies, democracy, and international security. His research examines platform governance, information disorder, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Dr. Owen’s work has informed public policy debates in Canada and internationally, and he frequently advises governments and civil society organizations. He is the author of Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age (2015) and co-editor of The World Won’t Wait (2015) and Journalism after Snowden (2017). He writes regularly for major media outlets, including The Globe and Mail, and hosts the Big Tech podcast. Dr. Owen is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum. In 2025, he was appointed to the Government of Canada’s AI Strategy Task Force.

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Can democracy survive AI?
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Owen, Taylor
Date Issued
2026-02-07
Description
Dr. Owen is a Canadian scholar and policy expert specializing in digital technologies, democracy, and international security. His research examines platform governance, information disorder, and the regulation of emerging technologies. Dr. Owen’s work has informed public policy debates in Canada and internationally, and he frequently advises governments and civil society organizations. He is the author of Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age (2015) and co-editor of The World Won’t Wait (2015) and Journalism after Snowden (2017). He writes regularly for major media outlets, including The Globe and Mail, and hosts the Big Tech podcast. Dr. Owen is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum. In 2025, he was appointed to the Government of Canada’s AI Strategy Task Force.
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Moving Image
Language
eng
Date Available
2026-02-18
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0451522
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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/93648
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Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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