<div id="readability-page-1"><div><div>                                                                                                                                                <p>Canada’s federal government in Ottawa has introduced legislation that would ban social media for children and youth under age 16.</p><p>The new digital safety bill provides exemptions for social media platforms that meet certain safety standards.</p><p>With the new legislation, Canada is following the lead of Australia, which enacted the world's first social media ban for young people earlier this year.</p><p>The legislation also aims to make artificial intelligence (A.I.) chatbots safer by setting up a digital regulator to establish safety standards.</p><p>Children’s advocates have been lobbying politicians to reign in social media and screen time for youth, arguing that it has a negative impact on their mental health. </p><p>Recently, Canadian families impacted by one of the country's worst mass shootings sued OpenAI, alleging that the company knew the killer was planning the attack on ChatGPT but failed to warn police.</p><p>The legislation is expected to take about year to wind its way through Parliament. Canada’s government is due to break for summer at the end of June.</p><p>If implemented, the social media ban could impact companies such as Meta Platforms (META), Reddit (RDDT) and Snapchat (SNAP), among others.</p></div></div></div>

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<p>Canada's federal government has introduced legislation to ban social media for users under 16, following Australia's lead. The bill includes exemptions for platforms meeting safety standards and aims to regulate AI chatbots via a new digital regulator. This move responds to concerns over youth mental health and recent legal actions against tech firms. The legislation is expected to take about a year to pass Parliament and could impact major companies like Meta, Reddit, and Snapchat.</p>

- Canada’s federal government has introduced a digital safety bill that would ban social media for children and youth under age 16.  
- The legislation aims to improve safety standards for A.I. chatbots and follows Australia's earlier social media ban for young people.  
- Advocates for children's mental health have pushed for these changes, and the bill's impact could affect major companies like Meta Platforms, Reddit, and Snapchat.

Ottawa Moves To Ban Social Media For Youth Under Age 16