Online Harms
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Mark Miller tabled Canada’s Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34). The government’s bill would establish a long-overdue legal framework to protect people online and hold platforms accountable. Our advice for parliamentarians and the public alike: ...
Setting the rules for our online spaces is core to bolstering Canada’s digital sovereignty. As the House returns, the federal government must move quickly to table a new online safety bill, and parliamentarians need to get on with it.
From misinformation and hate speech to the rise of deepfakes and AI-generated abuse, the digital public square is evolving faster than our ability to govern it. Canadians want action. Rebooting the online safety agenda must be a top priority for ...
Canadians are reporting higher exposure to online hate and misinformation which continues to further corrode our democracy and shared citizenship—more Canadians support government intervention to mitigate these harms.
This brief draws on new national survey data to examine how Canadians view these phone restriction policies and broader digital regulation for youth.