Canada’s so-called Safe Social Media Act would create a Digital Safety Commission of three to five appointed commissioners to regulate large social media and AI chatbot services.
Platforms would have to adopt child-safety design features, prevent under-16s from having accounts unless the service receives an exemption, and reduce exposure to seven categories of “harmful content”.
Bill C-34 revives much of the platform-regulation portion of the failed C-63, the Online Harms Act.
Children First Canada, which has received federal grants, organised Parliament Hill rallies supporting the law. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network, previously given federal funding, has also pushed for a stronger online watchdog.
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Oh Canada!
Canada-stan a fresh subsidiary of the European Union, brings you universal on line finger printing, tarted up under the premise of internet safety for kiddies and a small minority of deviants and weirdo’s.
Digital prison!!