Canadian premier wants to ban social media and AI chatbots for kids in Manitoba


Manitoba could be the first province in Canada to establish a social media ban for kids, but the proposal’s details aren’t very clear yet. The province’s premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday and on X that Manitoba would put in place a ban for social media and AI chatbots for its youth.

“They’re doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a few likes, all in the name of more engagement, and all in the name of money,” Kinew said at the event. “Our kids will never be for sale and their attention and their childhoods should never be profited from.”

Kinew didn’t elaborate on the ban’s crucial details, like the specific age restriction, when it will be introduced nor how it will be enforced. CBC reported that Kinew didn’t speak to reporters after his remarks at the fundraiser.

Besides Manitoba, the Liberal Party of Canada recently voted in favor of proposals to restrict both social media and AI chatbot use for anyone under 16 during the party’s national convention in Montreal. There are several efforts to restrict social media across Canada. One even seeks to limit those under 14 from accessing these platforms, an even younger cutoff than the ban recently enacted in Australia. However, a recent poll from the Molly Rose Foundation has cast some doubt on the effectiveness of such laws, which other countries have also adopted or are currently considering. The poll showed that a majority of teens still have accounts on banned social media platforms, or have found ways around the ban.



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