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Canada Proposes Comprehensive Online Safety Regime for Social Media and Chatbots, Including Child Social Media Ban

Canada's Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, introduced on June 10, 2026, aims to establish a new online safety regime. This legislation would create the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act, governing online safety, reducing harmful content, and imposing transparency and accountability requirements on regulated services. Notably, it contemplates a social media ban for children under 16 and includes chatbot regulation. The Act's duties apply to social media sites, chatbots, and other online services.

Today's question

Canada's proposed Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, would create which two new statutes?

  1. The Online Harms Act and the Digital Accountability Commission Act
  2. The Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act
  3. The Social Media Regulation Act and the Online Content Oversight Body Act
  4. The Internet Safety Law and the Canadian Online Protection Authority Act

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