TOKYO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says that whereas there needs to be debate in Canada a few social media ban for youngsters, he has not made up his personal thoughts on the problem but.
Carney says there are arguments on each side and extra data rising about how such bans work.
Plenty of nations are implementing or contemplating bans since Australia grew to become the primary nation to ban social media for youths underneath 16 three months in the past.
Carney additionally says authorities must move on-line harms laws and that the query of an “age of majority” for social media would naturally be a part of that consideration.
An earlier invoice, launched by the earlier Liberal authorities, did not turn into regulation when the election was known as final yr.
Advocates for girls and kids have known as on the federal government to carry again the proposals included in that invoice.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed March 6, 2026.
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press