Sonja Solomun

Sonja Solomun on the risks of autonomous AI and climate disinformation | Canada's National Observer

isabela.sullivan@mcgill.ca — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:08:07 +0000

February 27, 2026 | Sonja Solomun and her co-author Chris Russill write in Canada’s National Observer about how autonomous AI agents could transform the landscape of climate disinformation. Using a recent case in which an AI agent launched a reputational attack on an open-source developer, they argue that emerging AI systems can now generate and spread conspiratorial narratives without clear human direction or accountability.

How to protect children from Big Tech's harms | The National Post

chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:29:04 +0000

November 7, 2021 | Co-written by Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen with Sonja Solomun, their article in the National Post looks at how the recently leaked Facebook Papers have spurred public concern and further debate on how policy should endeavor make these platforms more transparent and accountable.

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Facial recognition technology speeds ahead as Canada's privacy law lags behind | The Ottawa Citizen

chloe.rodriguez@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 18:33:22 +0000

March 1, 2021 | Software company Clearview AI has recently been discovered illegally scraping countless images of faces on the Internet and selling them to third-party organizations in Canada. Co-penned by Sonja Solomun, Research Director of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, this article looks at the consequences of using facial recognition for the purposes of widespread surveillance. Read on to learn more about Canadian privacy law needs to change in order to hold users of facial recognition technology accountable.