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CSPS Digital Academy Events/Combating Misinformation and Disinformation with Artificial Intelligence - Speaker Biographies (view source)
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=== Kevin Chan ===
=== Kevin Chan ===
'''Director, Global Policy Campaign Strategies, Meta Platforms''' <br>
'''Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director, Meta Platforms''' <br>
Kevin Chan is the Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director at Meta Platforms, where he is focusing on the future of the internet, including the metaverse, AR/VR/XR, and the creator economy. A former government executive and university administrator with deep experience at the intersection of tech, policy and governance.<br><br>
Kevin Chan is the Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director at Meta Platforms, where he is focusing on the future of the internet, including the metaverse, AR/VR/XR, and the creator economy. A former government executive and university administrator with deep experience at the intersection of tech, policy and governance.<br><br>
Kevin launched Facebook’s Canadian public policy function and spent 7 years as its Head and then Director of Policy. His tenure was the subject of a 5,300-word profile in The Logic and The National Post on “How Kevin Chan shapes the debate in Canada’s corridors of power” noting that, “Chan has led a purge of Canadian conspiracy theorists from Facebook, negotiated deals to fund many of the country’s news media publishers, been nominated to various university public-policy advisory boards, and spearheaded weighty public discussions about misinformation, election integrity and the future of the internet”. He was awarded a 2020-21 Harvard Technology and Democracy Fellowship for his leadership of Facebook’s Canadian Election Integrity Initiative.
Kevin launched Facebook’s Canadian public policy function and spent 7 years as its Head and then Director of Policy. His tenure was the subject of a 5,300-word profile in The Logic and The National Post on “How Kevin Chan shapes the debate in Canada’s corridors of power” noting that, “Chan has led a purge of Canadian conspiracy theorists from Facebook, negotiated deals to fund many of the country’s news media publishers, been nominated to various university public-policy advisory boards, and spearheaded weighty public discussions about misinformation, election integrity and the future of the internet”. He was awarded a 2020-21 Harvard Technology and Democracy Fellowship for his leadership of Facebook’s Canadian Election Integrity Initiative.