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Samantha Edwards

Indian singer and vocal coach

Jul 10, 2026

Cheryl SutherlandHOST
6:17
And then what about Discord?
6:18
Discord is a huge messaging platform, and users can chat through text or voice or video calls.
6:26
There's lots of different types of chats on the platform, so some are private, some are public, others are invite only.
6:33
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.
6:46
It's just massive.
6:48
And they have also said that they are updating their rules around age verification.
6:53
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

Cheryl SutherlandHOST
17:46
But first, what's being considered here in Canada when it comes to restrictions?
Cheryl SutherlandHOST
3:25
Like, what enticed you to do this?
3:27
Well, governments all over the world have been talking about restricting social media for young people, and, like, Australia already passed their law.
3:36
The Canadian government's kind of been considering it a bit, and we know that lawmakers are really on board with this.
3:44
Parents are on board, teachers, but we haven't heard a lot about teens, um, and how they feel about it.
3:51
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.
4:05
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.

14 MINS LATER

Cheryl SutherlandHOST
18:23
But first, what's being considered here in Canada when it comes to restrictions?
18:28
So the federal government has drawn up plans to include a ban on social media for children under the age of 14.

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