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Canada’s Safe Social Media Act Requires ID Checks

Canada’s Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, sets a social media age of 16 and requires age verification for users.

A briefing note for Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, dated June 11, sets out how to defend Bill C-34, the “Safe Social Media Act,” which the Canadian government tabled the day before. The note expects Google and Meta to support the bill and lists child-safety groups among its backers.

C-34 raises the minimum age for a social media account to 16 and puts age-verification duties on the platforms Canadians use every day. To keep anyone younger off a service, a platform first has to establish how old everyone is, which means checking the age of adults as well. The bill lets companies verify age directly or estimate it, the first route pointing toward government ID, the second toward AI that guesses age from a face. A Digital Safety Commission of three to five members would decide which methods are acceptable and would oversee the destruction of the data collected along the way.

Age verification works only by gathering identity data on the entire adult population of a platform. The rule to destroy that data exists because the system collects it from adults in the first place, and the government’s safeguard is a promise to delete it afterward. Anonymity ends at the sign-up screen.

The talking points sell none of this. The note tells Guilbeault to call the bill “an essential step forward” and to describe online safety as a shared duty, with protecting children “a collective responsibility.”

The note quotes Google as “committed to working with the federal government to establish higher safety standards for all platforms.” Meta told the government it wants “safe, positive online experiences for young people” and is assessing the bill. The government read those replies as approval and built its messaging around them. Google and Meta run on harvesting personal data, and the bill would route a new stream of identity checks through the platforms they operate.

The note also lists endorsements from Children First Canada, UNICEF Canada, and the Canadian Medical Association. It cites polling to show the public is already onside. A 2025 Dais survey put support for requiring platforms to reduce harmful content at 69 percent. A Leger poll found 77 percent backing tougher regulation of social media and AI. The government says four in 10 Canadians report exposure to online hate every week or month.

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Iran calls for full implementation of Yemen roadmap to end humanitarian suffering

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has expressed deep concern over the recent escalation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, stressing the need for renewed efforts to achieve a just resolution to the Yemeni crisis and prevent further instability in the region.

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