Ottawa is “very seriously” considering a social media ban for children and youth as a key part of addressing online harms, Culture Minister Marc Miller says.
Miller was questioned about the likelihood of such a ban by reporters in Ottawa this week, just days after members at the Liberal party convention in Montreal passed a non-binding resolution urging the government to establish 16 as the minimum age to access social media accounts.
“I respect and acknowledge the work that’s been done and the concern where that policy proposal came from,” Miller told reporters during an April 15 media scrum outside Parliament. “The grassroots have spoken. We do have to study that.”…