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Samantha Edwards
Indian singer and vocal coach
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Jul 10, 2026
To ban or not to ban: Canadian teens weigh in on social media
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6:17Cheryl SutherlandHOST
And then what about Discord?
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6:18Samantha EdwardsGUEST
Discord is a huge messaging platform, and users can chat through text or voice or video calls.
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6:26Samantha EdwardsGUEST
There's lots of different types of chats on the platform, so some are private, some are public, others are invite only.
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6:33Samantha EdwardsGUEST
It initially was really popular with gamers, but in the past few years there's so many different types of communities on it, like study groups or people who are organizing protests or, like, knitting clubs.
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6:48Samantha EdwardsGUEST
And they have also said that they are updating their rules around age verification.
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6:53Samantha EdwardsGUEST
And so you have to be a certain age in order to view adult content on the platform, and you wouldn't be able to enter some spaces unless you're a certain age.
11 MINS LATER
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17:46Cheryl SutherlandHOST
But first, what's being considered here in Canada when it comes to restrictions?
To ban or not to ban: Canadian teens weigh in on social media
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3:25Cheryl SutherlandHOST
Like, what enticed you to do this?
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3:27Samantha EdwardsGUEST
Well, governments all over the world have been talking about restricting social media for young people, and, like, Australia already passed their law.
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3:36Samantha EdwardsGUEST
The Canadian government's kind of been considering it a bit, and we know that lawmakers are really on board with this.
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3:44Samantha EdwardsGUEST
Parents are on board, teachers, but we haven't heard a lot about teens, um, and how they feel about it.
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3:51Samantha EdwardsGUEST
So I just wanted to talk to some teens across Canada to hear their thoughts, um, if they think a ban would be good, would it be bad, and what their issues are with social media right now.
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4:05Samantha EdwardsGUEST
So I put a call out for teens [chuckles] from across the country to come chat with me for this panel, and it was really interesting to hear their thoughts.
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18:23Cheryl SutherlandHOST
But first, what's being considered here in Canada when it comes to restrictions?
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18:28Samantha EdwardsGUEST
So the federal government has drawn up plans to include a ban on social media for children under the age of 14.