Canada needs to take action immediately to protect children online from exposure to age-inappropriate material. More stringent age verification measures need to be in place.
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There are steps parents can take to understand this technology, the risks it may pose, and what they can do to limit them.
Addressing online misogyny is a community-wide responsibility.
Depression and anxiety often follow when teenagers see or experience racial hostilities online.
Rather than preserving freedom of expression, the interpretation of ‘harm’ in the online safety bill could have the opposite effect.
We recently heard that ‘new’ criminal offences would be added to the UK’s online safety bill to help tackle the growing problem of online abuse.
Canada needs to overhaul its approach to addressing online harms if it wants to remain a human rights leader and champion of internet freedom.
Cultivating ‘cyber-wisdom’ could help children make smarter decisions online.
The absence of practical government guidance could result in companies overzealously blocking questionable content
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
Free speech is too important to leave it to a government regulator to decide what should be banned.
The UK Online Harms White Paper outlines possible internet regulation measures, and Canada would do well to study its approach.
Britain’s Online Harms white paper was developed through public consultations and open, democratic processes. It suggests developing regulations that would be implemented by an arms-length entity.
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Reader, School of Education, University of Birmingham
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Senior lecturer, College of Business Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professeur, École des médias, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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History Professor, University of Washington
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Nottingham
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Doctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
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Policy Lead on Technology, Cybersecurity and Democracy, Leadership Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Assistant Professor, Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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PhD Candidate in Public Health, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Political Theory, UCL
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