Event

Facebook’s Fight Against Misinformation and Protection of Election Integrity

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 17:00to19:30
Faculty Club 3450 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E5, CA

In the wake of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Facebook received significant criticism regarding the potential impact of its platform on election integrity. What has the company been doing since then to better secure its platform from bad actors and prevent abuse? What can be done to stop the spread of misinformation online? Is there a role for government intervention, and what might that look like?

Join the Max Bell School of Public Policy in welcoming Kevin Chan, Facebook Canada’s Global Director and Head of Public Policy, for a discussion of how fake news impacts politics and elections, and on Facebook’s strategies to fight the spread of misinformation.

Register for the event here. ​​

About Kevin Chan, M.S.M.

Kevin Chan is a Global Director and Head of Public Policy, Canada at Facebook. He is a member of the company's global public policy leadership team, and leads the platform's efforts in Canada, engaging in an ongoing dialogue with the policy community on a broad range of issues that impact the Internet sector.

A member of the 2017 Selection Board for the Canada Excellence Research Chairs, he also serves on the boards of directors of Kids Help Phone, the Canadian American Business Council, and MediaSmarts, and sits on the Dean’s Council of the Ted Rogers School of Management.

Previously, Kevin was Deputy Secretary-General of McGill University and a Non-Residential Fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. Earlier he served in executive roles in the federal public service including Director, Office of the Clerk of the Privy Council, and as a management consultant at Monitor Deloitte.

Kevin co-founded DreamCatcher Mentoring, an e-mentoring organization for northern Canadian youth, and has held visiting appointments at Simon Fraser University's School of Public Policy and its Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue. He served a term on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada.

Kevin has appeared before Parliamentary Committees and been a speaker at the Walrus Talks, the Economic Club of Canada, the Mansbridge Summit, the CANARIE National Summit, the IPAC Annual Conference, and the Bennett Jones Business Forum. His media appearances include CBC's The National and The Current, and CTV Morning Live and Canada AM. He has written for The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen and Huffington Post Canada.

Kevin graduated from Harvard Kennedy School, the Ivey Business School and the Royal Conservatory of Music, and is fluently bilingual. Selected an Action Canada Fellow and a CommunityShift Fellow for not-for-profit leaders, he is a recipient of the Public Service Award of Excellence, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal.

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