Young Canadians deserve better with the Digital Charter Implementation Act

Connectivity is a double-edged sword, and connected youth incur significant costs with respect to privacy.

The current data-in-exchange-for-services business model of the internet relies on digital architectures that encourage young people to shed as much data as possible, write Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Valerie Steeves.Unsplash photograph by John Schnobrich

Opinion

BY JANE BAILEY, JACQUELYN BURKELL, AND VALERIE STEEVES

May 5, 2021

Young Canadians are some of the most digitally connected youth in the world, living a seamlessly integrated “online/offline” existence in all aspects of their social, cultural, educational, and work lives. This integrated reality has only deepened in pandemic times, as engagement in even more as...

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