Canada Moves to Regulate Social Media and AI Chatbots

Child safety or speech control? Critics sound alarm about Bill C-34

X (Marc Miller)Author: Alex DhaliwalOttawa is back with another attempt to police the internet and critics are saying that the Safe Social Media Act mirrors the Liberals’ previously abandoned online harms bills, using child protection as political cover for sweeping new powers over what Canadians can say online.Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, proposes a permanent framework that shifts decisions about acceptable public discourse from citize…

How Canada's draft chatbot law stacks up on global scene

Read: 3 min Canada’s proposed law requiring chatbot providers to protect users from “harmful” content is the latest step by global governments to regulate the sector. The draft legislation introduced on Wednesday targets issues like chatbots encouraging suicide or self-harm, as well as AIs deceptively claiming to be human or expert in complex fields such as medicine and law. Chatbots will also be subject to rules from a new Digital Safety Commis…

Canada moves to regulate social media and AI chatbots

The Canadian federal government introduced a bill on Wednesday to regulate social media and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The bill seeks to require tech companies to act responsibly, such as regulating online harmful content, and establish a digital safety commission to oversee its implementation. Tabled at the House of Commons on Monday, Bill C-34 mainly comprises the Digital Safety Act. The act, if passed in its current form, requires…

Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media

If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Canada’s long-anticipated and dreaded Bill C-34 arrived on June 10 with the usual fanfare about protecting children. We obtained a copy of the bill for you here. Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, tabled it. Strip...

Feds move to bar kids under 16 from social media, regulate chatbots

Bill C-34, introduced Wednesday in the House of Commons, will force social media to block access to users under 16 years of age unless the platform puts sufficient safeguards in place.

Feds table Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act

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