New bill introduces social media age restrictions for Canadians under 16

The Liberal government is introducing a new bill that aims to put age restrictions in place for social media and AI chatbot services for Canadians.The federal government introduced the Safe Social Media Act, Bill C-34, in Ottawa Wednesday (June 10).
The proposed bill includes an age restriction preventing children under the age of 16 from having accounts on social media services. It also aims to include measures to reduce children’s exposure to “certain content and high-risk interact