OTTAWA — Sometime in the future, a powerful new federal regulator could decide whether your child can open a social media account, how artificial intelligence interacts with Canadians, and what companies can do with reams of your personal information.
Ottawa’s plan to rein in the online world — and the technologies and data that sustain it — is a departure from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s early promises to spur digital adoption by pursuing a lighter regulatory touch.
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