A group of young Canadians is calling on Ottawa to order artificial intelligence companies to curb the addictive aspects of their AI chatbots and ensure clear labelling of AI content.
The report published this week by the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University calls for stronger user controls, tighter data privacy rules, measures against misinformation, and new oversight of how AI systems are designed and used.
Input was gathered from thousands of youth online, as well as more than 100 young adults aged 17 to 23, who joined in-person discussions in four Canadian cities between November 2025 and March 2026
“We are confident that the recommendations drafted by Gen(Z)AI participants represent something rarely achieved in technology governance: the democratic voice of those who have the most to gain or lose, speaking clearly and in their own name,” according to a foreword by the authors of the report, titled, “Gen(Z)AI: Canada’s Youth Assembly on Artificial Intelligence.”…