The ban will affect platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. But the bill is vague about how exactly these platforms must comply.
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The new proposal is aligned with approaches in the European Union and United Kingdom – and overcomes the flaws of banning people under 16 from social media.
Meta wants Apple and Google to force parents to approve apps on their child’s phone. A better solution would be for the tech giants to cooperate.
Our research has found that young people rarely report their experiences.
Canada needs to take action immediately to protect children online from exposure to age-inappropriate material. More stringent age verification measures need to be in place.
There are steps parents can take to understand this technology, the risks it may pose, and what they can do to limit them.
Addressing online misogyny is a community-wide responsibility.
Depression and anxiety often follow when teenagers see or experience racial hostilities online.
Rather than preserving freedom of expression, the interpretation of ‘harm’ in the online safety bill could have the opposite effect.
We recently heard that ‘new’ criminal offences would be added to the UK’s online safety bill to help tackle the growing problem of online abuse.
Canada needs to overhaul its approach to addressing online harms if it wants to remain a human rights leader and champion of internet freedom.
Cultivating ‘cyber-wisdom’ could help children make smarter decisions online.
The absence of practical government guidance could result in companies overzealously blocking questionable content
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
Free speech is too important to leave it to a government regulator to decide what should be banned.
The UK Online Harms White Paper outlines possible internet regulation measures, and Canada would do well to study its approach.
Britain’s Online Harms white paper was developed through public consultations and open, democratic processes. It suggests developing regulations that would be implemented by an arms-length entity.
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Political Theory, UCL
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Reader, School of Education, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor and the Deputy Programme Director of Digital Humanities in the Department of Information Studies, UCL
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History Professor, University of Washington
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Associate Professor, Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Professeur, École des médias, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Public Scholar & PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University
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Policy Lead on Technology, Cybersecurity and Democracy, Leadership Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University
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PhD Candidate in Public Health, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of the Sociology of Gender and Education, Institute of Education, UCL
