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Liberals to debate age restrictions on social media, AI chatbots
Liberal delegates will consider 24 resolutions addressing AI chatbot bans for under-16s, social media age limits, and federal powers to challenge provincial laws.
- Liberal Party members will debate 24 policy resolutions at their national convention in Montreal from April 9–11, including proposals to restrict youth access to social media and AI chatbots.
- One Quebec-led resolution proposes banning anyone under 16 from AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, citing concerns that these technologies have 'recommended suicide to vulnerable youth.'
- Prime Minister Mark Carney said earlier this month that an 'age of majority' for social media is part of discussions as the government develops new online harms legislation, though he remains undecided on following Australia's approach.
- Justice Minister Sean Fraser told reporters Tuesday he has 'no intention' of invoking disallowance to veto provincial laws, distancing the government from a British Columbia resolution proposing this constitutional tool.
- Disallowance is a rare constitutional power not used by the federal government since 1943, underscoring the extraordinary nature of the British Columbia proposal among the 24 resolutions on the Liberal Party's April agenda.
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The possibility of imposing an age limit on the creation of social media accounts and the use of artificial intelligence-based conversational assistants is one of the topics that will be discussed when members of the Federal Liberal Party meet next month at their national congress.
The Toronto Star
Liberals to debate age restrictions on social media, AI chatbots
OTTAWA - Age restrictions on using social media accounts and AI chatbots are among the topics up for debate when Liberal party grassroots gather next month for their national convention.
Liberals set to consider age restrictions for social media and AI at national convention
Proposals to limit young people’s access to social media and artificial intelligence are set to take centre stage at the upcoming Liberal Party of Canada national convention next month. Party members will gather in Montreal from April 9 to 11 to debate 24 policy resolutions, including several focused on online safety for children and youth. Among them is a proposal from Quebec that would ban anyone under the age of 16 from accessing AI chatbots,…
The possibility of an age restriction for the creation of social media accounts and the use of artificial intelligence conversational agents are among the topics that will be discussed when members of the Federal Liberal Party meet next month at their meeting.
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