At the Attention Conference in Montreal, I spoke with four leading voices on digital governance about what Canada needs to do on tech accountability. Canada keeps introducing bills that die on the order paper. Meanwhile, the UK, EU, and Australia have moved forward with meaningful reforms. What will it take to get us there?

Featuring conversations with:

* Damian Collins (former UK Minister of Tech) on the UK’s Online Safety Act

* Vass Bednar (SHIELD) on digital sovereignty and why Canada needs to structurally separate the ad tech stack

* Imran Ahmed (Center for Countering Digital Hate) on the journey from Cambridge Analytica to protecting kids online

* Aengus Bridgman (Media Ecosystem Observatory) on how influencers now dominate political information

Chapters:

0:00 Damian Collins: UK’s Online Safety Act & Platform Accountability

15:27 Vass Bednar: Digital Sovereignty & Restructuring Tech

31:30 Imran Ahmed: Protecting Kids Online

45:20 Aengus Bridgman: News Bans, Deepfakes & Information Integrity

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