Bill is being tabled today. Liberals will determine what is safe for your kids.
I sure hope those Sarnia infrastructure projects are worth it @MarilynGladuSL. You would have been the first to fight this just months ago.
The kids' social media ban will be introduced today. Beyond the ineffectiveness and privacy risks of a ban, the US just told UK it opposes broad bans, compelled government ID collection, and tech age estimation for 13-16 year olds. Trade battle brewing?
https://t.co/EUQGIdt0xs
Let's be clear, Carney is trying to be *seen* as making child online safety a priority. But these bans are not based on actual research, have been shown to be ineffective when implemented, and drive child internet use underground where kids become even more at risk of harm.
What you need to know about the new Social Media Ban in the UK:
1. All persons under 16 are prohibited from accessing social media platforms without verified parental supervision.
2. Parental supervision must be logged digitally through the UK. gov app.
3. Parents must approve each post, comment, like, or share in real-time.
4. Failure to supervise constitutes negligent digital guardianship.
5. Penalties for negligent digital guardianship include fines up to £10,000 and potential removal of devices from the household.
6. Educational use is not exempt.
7. Mental health considerations are not exempt.
8. Checking the weather on a browser that could access social media counts as attempted access.
9. Screenshots of banned platforms are treated as contraband.
10. Discussing banned platforms in school counts as conspiracy to access.
11. Parents who express disagreement with these rules online will have their supervision privileges revoked.
12. Any family member can report violations anonymously (encouraged).
Compliance is mandatory.
Britain is safer for it.
@mgeist The responsibility should be on Apple and Android to provide features that lock specific applications based on parents preferences in regards to the safety of the children using the devices
The government is the wrong layer to provide this framework
I was happy to join CTV This Morning to talk about the upcoming social media ban for kids and why it is bad policy that is likely to be ineffective and place everyone’s privacy at risk.
https://t.co/oPDRFR81Dd
The lengths the government will go to keep us “safe”:
- C19 💉 mandates, lockdowns, travel restrictions
- involuntary care
- hate speech crackdown
- online harm
- bubble zones
- illogical gun grab
- FINTRAC surveillance
They will do whatever it takes. To keep us safe, of course.
PM CARNEY: "The leader of the Opposition doesn't believe in Canada."
POILIEVRE: "We are not going to take lessons on patriotism from a guy who stashes his corporate cash in a tax haven and moves his corporate head office [Brookfield Asset Management] out of this country."
Meanwhile, in Canada:
"Violence against nature and the climate are inseparable from violence against humans. One example is climate change as a gendered issue, which leads to systemic disadvantages for all women."
As we anticipate a social media ban to be proposed by the Canadian government tomorrow, it's worth noting in the Charter of Rights: "everyone" includes young people and "media of communication" includes social media.
We shouldn’t have to stop and ID for no reason on the road. We shouldn’t have to stop and ID for no reason on the web.
Government checkpoints are no less tyrannical when they’re digital.
Charter rights in Canada can now be restricted determined by age.
Social media is a (the) major means of communication, self-expression, political participation, education, and association.
Preventing all Canadians under 16 from accessing those platforms restricts expression protected by section 2(b) of the Charter.
Thinking about it, it may also engage section 15 equality rights because it creates a distinction based on age.
Bill C-8 gives Liberal MPs the power to delete you from the internet.
No judge.
No trial.
No due process.
Just a politician deciding you’re a threat.
In 2026. In Canada.🚨
This isn’t safety legislation.
It’s a censorship bill with a friendly name. 🇨🇦🚨
#CdnPoli#BillC8 #FreeSpeech
Canada's New Social Media Ban is NOT About Your Children | Here's What They're NOT Telling You
Canada just announced the Digital Safety Act — a social media ban for anyone under 16.
Most Canadians think this is about protecting children. It isn't.
To enforce a social media ban, every single Canadian will have to prove their age by attaching government-approved ID to their social media accounts. That's not child protection. That's a digital ID.
And once you're verified on one platform, that verification follows you everywhere — linking every account you own under your real identity.
But it gets worse.
This isn't a standalone policy. This is the missing piece that connects Bill C-9, C-22 and C-8 into a complete surveillance and censorship system.
Bill C-9 defines what you can and cannot say online. Bill C-22 forces platforms to save your data for up to one year. Bill C-8 gives the government the power to cut you off the internet entirely.
The digital ID created by this social media ban is what connects all three.
And they're selling it to you as child protection.
Don't be fooled. All these bills are interconnected — and this is the last piece of the puzzle.
https://t.co/8fky3EXQmF
"What’s most concerning is that, for every person fighting Australia’s eSafety commissioner to preserve free speech in court, there are countless others who were chilled from debating difficult topics online as a result of the legislation. That’s extremely unhealthy for a democracy, where people need to be able to have conversations about difficult topics, including using language others find offensive. It’s through the cut and thrust of these debates that we settle on solutions.
The Carney government should take Australia’s experience as a lesson: appointing a digital safety commissioner to police speech online will only lead to more censorship and more headaches for the government."