Ottawa Unveils AI Strategy and Bills Targeting Social Media, Privacy
The plan includes $2.3 billion for AI training and jobs, while new bills would bar users under 16 from social media and strengthen privacy rules.
- On June 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon unveiled a national AI strategy at the Vector Institute in Toronto, backed by $2.3 billion in new and expanded funding.
- Targeting youth development, the strategy aims to boost literacy and create up to 90,000 AI-related jobs for young people, with projections indicating up to 250,000 new positions through technology adoption by 2031.
- Bill C-34 requires social media platforms to ban access for children under 16 and mandates removal of non-consensual intimate images or content victimizing children within 24 hours.
- Empowering the new Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission, Bill C-36 establishes privacy as a fundamental right and allows fines reaching $25 million for serious offenses.
- Implementation faces an 18-month delay, with provisions not fully in place before 2028; Culture Minister Marc Miller directed the CRTC to provide $600 million annually to the sector, replacing plans to triple Netflix contributions.
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The Toronto Star
Here’s what you need to know about Ottawa’s new policies on social media and AI
OTTAWA - Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation.
Winnipeg Free Press
Here's what you need to know about Ottawa's new policies on social media and AI
OTTAWA - Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation.
Ottawa new AI strategy, social media under-16 ban and privacy bill explained
Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation. It introduced a new AI strategy, a bill requiring social media platforms to ban kids under 16 and a long-awaited privacy bill. It also moved to block new rules requiring streamers to help fund Canadian content. Here’s what you need to know. What is the social media ban for kids going to look like? Bill C-34, i…
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