A social media ban for Canadian kids sounds simple, but Bill C-34 has major limitations

Introduced in June 2026 by Canadian Culture Minister Marc Miller, Bill C-34 would ban social media for users under 16. In the past year alone, tech giants have spread a slew of problematic content, including TikTok posts promoting extreme thinness, ads for cocaine on Facebook and sexually explicit deepfakes created by the Grok chatbot and shared on X. Bill C-34 raises a key question: Are we merely trying to keep children away from these platforms, or do we also want to transform the digital…