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Madison Lee
@madisonvieira.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate BSIA | CIGI Digital Policy Hub Alumni | Studying Big Tech corps, emerging tech, capitalism, and IPE.

Views are my own | Profile Pic Credit: CIGI

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parismarx.com
Canada Post wants to create a new class of flexible, part-time worker that will better compete with Amazon and implement “dynamic routing” so delivery routes can be changed on the fly.

It’s a good example of how Amazon degrades workers’ rights even beyond its walls. Workers are right to push back.
Inside the Long, Hard Battle Between Canada Post and CUPW | The Tyee
After 18 months of bargaining, the sides are still far apart.
thetyee.ca
June 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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anabrandusescu.bsky.social
"Governments have a role in regulating AI to ensure that accountability is not subordinate to market incentives, which could include worker exploitation. AI legislation also requires a bottom-up approach, in which data can be leveraged through unions."
anabrandusescu.bsky.social Ana Brandusescu @anabrandusescu.bsky.social · May 19
Missed Opportunities in AI Regulation: Lessons from Canada's AI and Data Act

New from me and @resieber.bsky.social for Data & Policy @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

We draw out the problems with AIDA and ways forward to shift decision-making and control from AI companies to the people!
Missed opportunities in AI regulation: lessons from Canada’s AI and data act Ana Brandusescu and Renée E. Sieber Abstract We interrogate efforts to legislate artificial intelligence (AI) through Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) and argue it represents a series of missed opportunities that so delayed the Act that it died. We note how much of this bill was explicitly tied to economic development and implicitly tied to a narrow jurisdictional form of shared prosperity. Instead, we contend that the benefits of AI are not shared but disproportionately favour specific groups, in this case, the AI industry. This trend appears typical of many countries’ AI and data regulations, which tend to privilege the few, despite promises to favour the many. We discuss the origins of AIDA, drafted by Canada’s federal Department for Innovation Science and Economic Development (ISED). We then consider four problems: (1) AIDA relied on public trust in a digital and data economy; (2) ISED tried to both regulate and promote AI and data; (3) Public consultation was insufficient for AIDA; and (4) Workers’ rights in Canada and worldwide were excluded in AIDA. Without strong checks and balances built into regulation like AIDA, innovation will fail to deliver on its claims. We recommend the Canadian government and, by extension, other governments invest in an AI act that prioritises: (1) Accountability mechanisms and tools for the public and private sectors; (2) Robust workers’ rights in terms of data handling; and (3) Meaningful public participation in all stages of legislation. These policies are essential to countering wealth concentration in the industry, which would stifle progress and widespread economic growth.
May 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
madisonvieira.bsky.social
Having a Charge Spring in the Slay-Offs before a second brat summer #ottawacharge #pwhl #charge #brat #boofrost @pwhlcharge.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
madisonvieira.bsky.social
... anyways, go Charge!
May 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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thepwhl.com
OTTAWA ADVANCES!

@pwhlcharge.bsky.social will make their first PWHL Finals presented by Scotiabank appearance!
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
madisonvieira.bsky.social
The only thing harder than getting my PhD is being a Leafs fan. I hope they don't completely embarrass us again in Game 6 🫠
May 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Hunger and starvation stalk in Gaza as food is more scarce and prices have increased by up to 1400 percent compared to during the ceasefire

"Essential ingredients are up to 60 times more expensive than before the war"

www.ft.com/content/89cc...
Prices in Gaza soar as supplies run out under Israeli siege
World Food Programme warns that some items have risen 1,400% since January’s ceasefire
www.ft.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
madisonvieira.bsky.social
I am delighted to share my final working paper, "Big Tech, Venture Capital and Shaping Innovation in Canada’s Tech Start-Ups," written for the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) 's Digital Policy Hub.

www.cigionline.org/publications...
Big Tech, Venture Capital and Shaping Innovation in Canada’s Tech Start-Ups
This working paper explores how US-based big tech corporations use their corporate venture capitalist arms to heavily influence the development of emerging technologies by shaping which innovations re...
www.cigionline.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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edzitron.com
Happy to help. Nothing happened. Everyone pretended like it didn't happen. It's almost entirely gone. Horizon World somehow exists. $45bn basically disappeared into a black hole owed to "lack of a clear vision and mismanagement." Who knows what happened!

finance.yahoo.com/news/metas-r...
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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makenakelly.bsky.social
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.

Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.

www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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balsillieschool.bsky.social
In the latest Balsillie Paper, BSIA PhD student Fatmanur Delioglu discusses the increasing use of surveillance technologies at the EU borders and their impact on migrants and migration governance.

balsilliepapers.ca/bsia-paper/t...
Technology at the Borders: Surveillance, Control and Resistance in EU Migration Governance - Balsillie Papers
Fatmanur DeliogluThis paper examines the integration of advanced surveillance technologies in the European Union, the multiple uses of technologies, and their impact on migrants and migration manageme...
balsilliepapers.ca
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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parismarx.com
Tech billionaires demanded Donald Trump use the power of the US government to pressure other countries not to crack down on them.

Now Trump is pulling out of a global tax agreement and threatening tariffs against countries that pass digital services taxes targeting multinational tech companies.
Silicon Valley is enlisting Trump in its war against higher taxes
Trump wants to stop digital services taxes and a global minimum corporate tax rate
www.disconnect.blog
February 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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techwontsave.us
Over the past few weeks, Elon Musk’s DOGE has infiltrated the US government and begun dismantling pieces of it.

This week @makenakelly.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss the threat DOGE poses to government services and everyone who depends on them.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/264_...
February 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped? I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry. Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto. It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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jennifer-clapp.bsky.social
Today is publication day! I explain how agricultural inputs - which weren't even widely traded market goods 200 years ago - have become giant industries dominated by just a handful of transnational firms today.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...

Many thanks to those who helped me along the way!
February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Read now: open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
February 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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caseynewton.bsky.social
I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
Google is ready to work on AI weapons now
The company’s promise to avoid building AI applications that cause harm has been deleted
www.platformer.news
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 4
Trump, with Netanyahu sitting next to him, says "Gaza maybe is a demolition site right now ... you can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location."
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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madianou.bsky.social
My new book 'Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful' is now available in the US and globally with @politybooks.bsky.social The book charts how digital and AI interventions in humanitarian settings harm some of the world's most marginalized people www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
January 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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abraham.bsky.social
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.

On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
They plagiarized our trillion dollar plagiarism machine!?
General Ripper from Dr. Strangelove on the telephone with a concerned look
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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parismarx.com
The Canadian government is threatening to reassess its contracts with Amazon unless the company reverses its decision to close all its warehouses in Quebec, not long after workers formed a union at one of the facilities.
Amazon Layoffs Prompt Canada to Review Government Deals
Canada’s industry minister said Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to shut down all warehouses in Quebec and cut more than 1,900 jobs would prompt the government to examine its current deals with the e-commer...
www.bloomberg.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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techwontsave.us
A tech oligarchy has formed behind Donald Trump to implement an extreme right-wing agenda to protect their own power and wealth.

This week @gabydvj.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to talk about Trump’s inauguration and what tech billionaires want from him.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/260_...
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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ppkzd.bsky.social
Razed to dust, this is what Israel's apocalyptic erasure of Northern Gaza looks like. Palestinians are "returning" to nuclear-scale desolation.
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
madisonvieira.bsky.social
I am excited to share that my second working paper from my fellowship at CIGI's Digital Policy Hub has now been published!
It provides a foundational look at the adoption of Industry 4.0 technology in Canada. There is still so much to explore on this topic!

www.cigionline.org/static/docum...
www.cigionline.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM