CBC: One resolution calls for a law similar to one Australia passed late last year that would set a “minimum age of 16 for creating social media accounts” and put the onus on companies that run the platforms to “prevent underage users from holding accounts.”
Another calls for anyone under the age of 16 to be banned from accessing “all AI chatbots and other potentially harmful forms of AI interaction,” including OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
…Just because a policy is approved at the convention doesn’t mean the federal cabinet is obliged to bring it into law. But the debates and resolutions serve as a way for the grassroots to try to influence platforms…