Jonathan Obar

Assoc. Prof of Communication and Media Studies @YorkUniversity | Fellow @QuelloCenter | Info Policy and Privacy | Visit

[Daniel J. Solove @DanielSolove]

I'm excited to share this press release from GW Law School announcing our new GW Center for Law & Technology. Through the Center, we're building out our privacy and tech curriculum and activities, including a new JD concentration in privacy/tech and more https://t.co/4Hgi14ze52

[coolman coffeedan @coolcoffeedan]

SPESH 🤝 SHANGHAI

my exhibition "Dumb Dreams and Messy Hands" debuted in Shanghai!! it broke all records at the K11 Art Museum, with over 1,500 VIP guests coming opening night and 10,000 more visitors during the first month 😭💕

Open to the public at K11 Shanghai until Oct 6th

[York University News @YorkUnews]

"You have to have a real multidisciplinary team that understands all the elements of these human-machine interactions," @YorkUHealth neuroscientist @J_D_Crawford tells @TONewsAndrew about the new Connected Minds project. https://t.co/kd1s9jGPoq via @NorthYorkMirror @TorontoStar

[OPC @PrivacyPrivee]

Commissioner: Meaningful privacy obligations should apply to political parties. https://t.co/BAVUjMGN83 #C47 #LCJC

[York University News @YorkUnews]

Blending neuroscience and AI learning with social-justice work, York-led Connected Minds project, in collaboration with Queen's University, receives $105.7M in federal funding through #CFREF. #fondApogée @queensu @TIPS_SPIIE @FP_Champagne https://t.co/HxdPuvroYw

[Amit Schejter @AmitSchejter]

So proud to announce the publication, today, of "Digital Capabilities: ICT Adoption in Marginalized Communities in Israel and the West Bank," a culmination of 8 years and 10 research projects with 8 talented PhD and MA candidates, who have all completed their studies:

[YorkU School of Public Policy and Administration @YorkUSPPA]

And make sure you check out (and share) this posting for a Research Assistant on an Artificial Intelligence and Society Project in summer 2023, working with Profs @CDNJobar, Pirathayini Srikantha & @IStedman. The deadline fast approaching!

[OPC @PrivacyPrivee]

OPC launches investigation into ChatGPT. https://t.co/1TdT8uQ6ag

[IP Osgoode @IPOsgoode]

IP Osgoode's Founding Director, Prof. Pina D'Agostino, and Prof. Jonathan Obar of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies are seeking an RA to support privacy law research this summer. Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply here:
https://t.co/SXED2qwJPb

[Pol Comm Tech Lab @polcommtech]

🗓️TODAY! Join us at 12 p.m. ET for a live taping of #WonksAndWarRooms. Host @lizdubois will be talking to @sbradshaww, @whkchun, @SuzieMDunn, @mckelveyf and @wendyhwong on the uses of AI in Canadian politics.

REGISTER: https://t.co/Z77knfNEcP

[York University News @YorkUnews]

TOMORROW: @YorkUniversity's Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and @YorkUMusic department @YorkUAMPD will present a free chamber music recital at the Tribute Communities Recital Hall featuring #Jewish composers spanning 115 years. https://t.co/AudcY2VlqO

[Victor Pickard @VWPickard]

The @MIC_Center is hosting the Union for Democratic Communications in Philly, Oct 12-15. UDC has supported activist scholarship for over 40 yrs & this promises to be an especially engaging & fun conference. Deadline is in a few weeks--pls share far & wide! https://t.co/JuDjozsEZD

[York University News @YorkUnews]

"Canada’s proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act...could be trouble for social media platforms, online shopping companies...that use deceptive user interface designs in their apps & websites," says @YorkULAPS Prof @CDNJobar #Opinion https://t.co/uKCEIZKnjT via @ConversationCda

[York University News @YorkUnews]

"Canada’s proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act...could be trouble for social media platforms, online shopping companies...that use deceptive user interface designs in their apps & websites," says @YorkULAPS Prof @CDNJobar #Opinion https://t.co/uKCEIZKnjT via @ConversationCda

[Jonathan Obar @CDNJobar]

Consumer Privacy Protection Act could lead to fines for deceptive designs in apps and websites

Post funders: @PrivacyPrivee @SSHRC_CRSH @YUResearch
https://t.co/ayrRHJRCni

[Schwartz Reisman Institute @TorontoSRI]

🗓️ Friday, March 17, 12:00 PM: Join SRI Faculty Affiliate @GuhaShion for a talk at @UofTInfoFaculty with Casey Fiesler (CU Boulder), "Data is People: Unintended Consequences in AI and Data Science."

Learn more and register: https://t.co/aQTDdKgalI

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

"To say I'm complying isn't the same as saying I'm acting ethically... if the rules are not good then following them really doesn't help public trust." — @IStedman (@YorkUSPPA) at 8/11pm with @DuffConacher (@DemocracyWatchr) & @JeyanTVO | Producer @harrisonlowman #onpoli #cdnpoli

[Prof Helen Kennedy, @[email protected] @hmtk]

I am SO excited that our @ESRC @digitalgoodnet is under way! We invite applications to our Digital Good Research Fund & our summer school at launch events in early March - join us!

[Jonathan Obar @CDNJobar]

It's #DataPrivacyWeek!

Do you click "agree" without reading app privacy policies?

Check out this video about clickwrap #uidesign and #privacy problems.

Funders:
@PrivacyPrivee @SSHRC_CRSH @YUResearch
#uxdesign #uiuxdesign #designtwitter #contracts
https://t.co/P3gZOBsK9x