Ottawa's Bill C-34 Would Bar Under-16s From Social-Media Accounts, With an Exemption Route

Ottawa's Bill C-34 Would Bar Under-16s From Social-Media Accounts, With an Exemption Route

Ottawa's proposed Bill C-34 would require social-media companies to block users under 16 from having accounts. Companies could seek an exemption by showing a new digital safety regulator, the body that would oversee the rules, that they have sufficient safeguards. The draft bill is before Parliament. Conservative MPs asked whether teens would find ways around it.

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