OTTAWA: The Canadian government introduced a new digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia enacted the world’s first social media ban for young people. The bill also aims to make AI chatbots safer by setting up a digital regulator to establish safety standards, a government official said.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is expected to table its long-awaited legislation aimed at online safety this week.

Canada will introduce legislation this week to ban social media access for children under 16, addressing online harms and AI issues. | World News