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Sep 15, 2026
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
Bullying, anxiety, depression, and luring and grooming, which researchers say now happens mostly online.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
All of this is why the federal government introduced Bill C-34 back in June.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
It's called the Safe Social Media Act.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
It hasn't been passed yet, but it would ban anyone under 16 from creating social media accounts, unless platforms have certain protections in place.
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Julia DrydykGUEST
So there's a bunch of different dynamics in terms of how traffickers are targeting folks.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
All right.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
I want to delve into Bill C-34.
Jeyan JeganathanHOST
Marissa, the federal government is proposing, as part of it, a digital safety commission that would oversee, regulate big tech, AI chatbot services from online harms.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
The most recent iteration of that is and there has been many.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
Most recent one is the Bill C-34 called the Safe Social Media Act.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
which our federal government has tabled, I think, again, a couple months ago, around June.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
It is a very porous, sort of almost like a draft of a draft of a bill, which says that in very, very unclear general terms, that when it becomes law, social media platforms and AI actually also AI platforms will be required to implement certain safety measures that protect users in general, but more specifically users under the age of 16 or be banned, have flakes of ban in Canada.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
Absolutely.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
I mean, it's the parents, it's the school boards, right? I mean, now the school boards have gone to court because the lobbying didn't help.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
But absolutely, you know, at the end of the day, this, so first of all, this particular legislation, the Bill C-34, The way it's drafted is, you know, with the intention of with the parents in mind, right? I mean, that's where it's coming from.
Maanit ZemelGUEST
It's coming from a political perspective of, yes, these platforms need to be regulated.