{"id":234214,"date":"2026-06-20T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T10:15:21","slug":"heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what you need to know about Ottawa\u2019s new policies on social media and AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2026\/06\/20\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai\/\">Here\u2019s what you need to know about Ottawa\u2019s new policies on social media and AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2026\/06\/20\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai\/\">https:\/\/cfjctoday.com\/2026\/06\/20\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ottawas-new-policies-on-social-media-and-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-20 06:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cfjctoday.com\">cfjctoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill C-34 proposed to block social media access for kids under 16 but allows for exemptions if platforms implement sufficient safeguards.<\/li>\n<li>Which platforms will be affected is yet to be decided and will be decided by federal cabinet once the bill becomes law.<\/li>\n<li>A digital safety regulator named the Digital Safety and Data Protection Commission of Canada will be responsible for enforcing the age verification process and deciding on exemptions.<\/li>\n<li>While social media platforms are restricted, chatbots are not subject to the same age restrictions by the bill.<\/li>\n<li>Bill C-36 aims to recognize privacy as a fundamental right, set higher standards for the management of children&#8217;s data, and imposes transparency obligations concerning automated decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>The Government&#8217;s new digital safety regulator will also have the authority to impose significant penalties, including fines up to $25 million or 5% of global revenue.<\/li>\n<li>The legislative process for both the digital safety and privacy bills will delay implementation until at least 2028.<\/li>\n<li>The government also introduced a national AI strategy aimed at increasing Canadians\u2019 use of artificial intelligence, promising educational opportunities and a substantial increase in AI-related jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know about Ottawa\u2019s new policies on social media and AI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wpRssService\/imageRedirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmapi.cp.org%2Fasset-photos%2F68ce0a9c-8c18-4464-b1c0-e33ba05a5a37%2F78d7ee2956e412a316ea2a676011f83f2fb3080d12896267cd4926fc835ab923.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-234214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234216,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234214\/revisions\/234216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}