Youth deserve a safer internet. Will the new cabinet deliver?

Last Parliament's online harms bill wasn’t perfect, but it was a long-overdue step toward regulating a digital world where harmful content proliferates. Canada needs new legislation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses reporters after the May 13 cabinet shuffle. Online platforms have only become more powerful—and more addictive—deepening the risks for today’s youth, write four fellows at the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MADDIE CASE, ZACH SEVERYN, AVA SMITHING, MADDIE FREEMAN

June 2, 2025

Growing up, we were taught to stand up for what’s right. But today’s online world is failing young people. Every day, millions of Canadian children and youth are exposed to harmful and explicit content they’re simply not equipped—nor should be forced—to process.&nb...

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