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Safe Social Media Act

Bill C-34, Safe Social Media Act · Second reading · now at committee in the House Where it stands

What Bill C-34 would do

The bill would create the Digital Safety Act and set up the Digital Safety Commission of Canada to oversee it. Operators of regulated social media and chatbot services would have to mitigate exposure to harmful content, label synthetic content, and protect children through design features and age limits. Platforms would also have to remove non-consensual intimate content and child sexual abuse material, and submit digital safety plans to the commission.

Official text

42 statements

Luc Berthold

Conservative

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“This bill does not clearly define what bullying is. We must define bullying before we set penalties for it.”

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Madam Speaker, I am going to pick up on the expression I used earlier. Is making the sound of an animal in heat bullying? It may not necessarily be so. It can give someone a fright. My Bloc Québécois colleague seemed a bit intimidated. This is indeed a very problematic situation. We need to define what constitutes bullying before determining the penalties for bullying.

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Kevin Lamoureux

Liberal
“I want everyone to agree to end debate early and start private members' hour now.”
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Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I suspect that if you were canvass the House, you would find unanimous consent to call it 5:30 p.m. so we can begin private members’ hour.

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