Bill C-63 Unpacked: Making the Internet Safer for Kids will dive into how the proposed bill requires social media platforms to minimize users’ risk of exposure to seven kinds of online harms, to responsibly design products likely used by children, and to immediately takedown two types of content: intimate images shared without consent, and child sexual abuse material.

We will discuss how these provisions make the internet safer for kids and where it falls short. Our panel will unpack the proposed duty to protect children, its alignment with international best practices, and the extent to which the Bill’s takedown measures and content-specific mandates ensure that children are protected when they’re online.

This virtual roundtable will be moderated by Taylor Owen, Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy and Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Calgary.

They will be joined by panelists:

• Samantha Reusch, Executive Director, Apathy is Boring - L'apathie c'est plate

• Valerie Steeves, Professor of Criminology, University of Ottawa

• Keith Baybayon, Chair of the Youth Advisory Council, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• Marie-Ève Nadeau, International Advocacy Manager, 5Rights

• Lianna McDonald, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Inc.

Watch the recorded livestream on our YouTube channel.