Discussion · Government Orders
Ryan Turnbull Liberal
“I want this bill passed to protect children online. Right now, social media companies have no real rules to follow, and parents cannot protect their kids alone. This bill will hold those platforms accountable and keep children safe.”
“Mr. Speaker, as I said, we really want assurances. My wife and I have had many conversations about how to keep our daughter safe online. We have found it challenging to keep her off these devices and platforms. With no real regulatory framework in place in Canada, it just seems like it is the wild west of online engagement. For my daughter’s digital safety, we have had to take extreme measures to try to protect her, from taking away her devices to monitoring all online activity. She can be doing her homework late at night on a laptop, but she is really online on Snapchat or some other platform. The things we see that she has been exposed to make us really concerned. Some of her friends have been exposed to intimate images, which they have been encouraged to share, and that has created problems in her friend group. This bill would hold the social media platforms accountable. It would put in place a mechanism and a set of responsibilities that would ensure my daughter’s safety in the future.”
Mr. Speaker, as I said, we really want assurances. My wife and I have had many conversations about how to keep our daughter safe online. We have found it challenging to keep her off these devices and platforms. With no real regulatory framework in place in Canada, it just seems like it is the wild west of online engagement. For my daughter’s digital safety, we have had to take extreme measures to try to protect her, from taking away her devices to monitoring all online activity. She can be doing her homework late at night on a laptop, but she is really online on Snapchat or some other platform. The things we see that she has been exposed to make us really concerned. Some of her friends have been exposed to intimate images, which they have been encouraged to share, and that has created problems in her friend group. This bill would hold the social media platforms accountable. It would put in place a mechanism and a set of responsibilities that would ensure my daughter’s safety in the future.