An online safety bill in Canada: time to get on with it already

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An online safety bill in Canada: time to get on with it already
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The year is 2020. You are washing your groceries, making sourdough starter, attempting choreography on this burgeoning platform called TikTok. All the stores within a 30-kilometre radius have run out of toilet paper. The Canadian government announces it will be introducing legislation to tackle online harms, as does the European Union. Fast forward a year.

Youth around the world are increasingly subjected to cyberbullying, forced to navigate content that fuels eating disorders and self-harm behaviours, which at the worst end of the spectrum can lead to suicide. Lack of regulatory oversight of online platforms has contributed to mental health challenges across multiple age groups, a crisis of reliable information, and an increased vulnerability to foreign interference in Canadian politics.

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