<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Asgive ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">Attached</span> <span class="ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">briefing</span> note on Bill C<span class="Q6ibn ng" style="border-style:none;background:none"> 34</span> </div><div><br></div><div>Here is a series of slideshows we did on this topic</div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-decadbf6-7fff-1225-e630-e149b828abaa"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bill C 34 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Canada's proposed online safety legislation, known as the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Safe Social Media Act</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (often associated with the broader Digital Safety Act introduced in Parliament as </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bill C-34</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), aims to restrict social media access for youth. The bill would mandate social media companies to ban users under 16 from their platforms <span class="Q6ibn ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">unless</span> platforms implement adequate safety safeguards to allow children to use them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Serious issues</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">See IGF Report on AI Generative Fake</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/IGF-2026-Youth-Track-Workshop-1-Report/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/IGF-2026-Youth-Track-Workshop-1-Report/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summary on Bill C 34 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/gtvs/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/gtvs/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Issues with Bill C 34</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://openmedia.org/press/item/new-digital-safety-act-needs-major-fixes" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://openmedia.org/press/item/new-digital-safety-act-needs-major-fixes</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bill C34</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/Bill-C34/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/Bill-C34/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bill C34- infographic</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/zwqp/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/zwqp/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Social Media and Youth ID Theft </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/lvqr/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/lvqr/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,42,49);font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Infographic </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/btzk/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://online.fliphtml5.com/gnel/btzk/</span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Glenn McKnight, MA </div><div>Virtual School of Internet Governance </div>Chief Information Officer<div><a href="http://www.virtualsig.org" target="_blank">www.virtualsig.org</a> </div><div><b>YOUR SOURCE FOR INTERNET GOVERNANCE EDUCATION </b></div><div><b><span class="Q6ibn ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">Mobile </span> 437-237-4655</b></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>