Finally! say hundreds of thousands of parents across the country.
On Monday, the Trudeau government entered the modern era.
Canada will therefore have a law to force social media to better protect young people and children.
At first glance, the bill tabled on Monday draws heavily on exemplary laws implemented by Great Britain and the European Union.
The spirit seems to be to achieve the impossible: to hold accountable these digital giants who have been plaguing our children with impunity for so many years.
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The toxicity of social media no longer needs to be demonstrated.
We can no longer count the studies that reveal the extent to which these platforms amplify the risk of eating disorders, expose young people to harassment, cyberbullying, sextortion, and weaken their mental health.
Even America’s chief surgeon has warned parents.
Worse, we now see that the terms of these platforms create real dependence, a new form of drug addiction among many adolescents.
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In theory, the measures announced seem very severe.
We are talking about prohibiting the sharing of intimate images without consent, deactivating certain functions such as the camera for the youngest, preventing them from communicating with strangers, for example.
Platforms would no longer have the right to wallow in their willful blindness.
But can we believe it? They have been dictating their own law of the jungle for years.
Everything will depend on the ambition of the new commission which will be responsible for monitoring them. Let’s hope that it will follow the example of its European counterpart which has already launched investigations into TikTok and X.
The political battle promises to be epic. The Conservative leader cried out for censure even before the bill was tabled.
He should think twice.
The country’s young people deserve that our politicians put their partisan hysteria aside and find a solution to this scourge that is destroying too many families.