Joint submission to Heritage Minister regarding Online Safety Proposals
CFE and 12 other civil society organizations write Minister of Canadian Heritage outlining shared concerns and hopes for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal.
AI-enabled smart glasses raise serious concerns about privacy and surveillance at school, at work, in public spaces, and in the public sector. These include surreptitious photos and recording and sharing of captured videos.
Probably not, for reasons that point to the limits of what Canada can do here.
Recently, governments in Manitoba and Ontario have signaled their support for a ban on social media for children under 16 years of age, and last month, the federal Liberals passed a resolution to this effect at a party convention. Manitoba’s premier Wab Kinew and the national Liberal Party are also keen to ban youth access to “all AI chatbots and other potentially harmful forms of AI interaction.”
