Manitoba Proposes Social Media Ban for Youth

0:00Manitoba's premiere, WAP Kainu, wants to block young people from using social media and AI chatbots. He laid it out in the speech at his party's event on Saturday, saying these platforms hacked kids' attention to boost profits for tech giants who don't. Aligned with Canadian values. This puts Manitoba ahead of the federal government, which is mulling similar national rules. It's riding a worldwide wave, like Australia's ban on social media for kids under 16 to fight mental health woes, bullying, and online extortion. France's president is also pushing EU-wide limits. No word yet on the exact age cutoff or how they'd enforce it in the province. Kainu calls out the tech overload on youth, even though he's got the biggest Instagram following of any Canadian premiere, 441. Thousand fans from Manitoba. Canada's 5th biggest province. Meanwhile, British Columbia tried targeting social media harms the kids last year, but paused its bill for talks with tech firms. Open AI's boss just apologized to a B.C. town after their chatbot was linked to a mass

1:04shooter earlier this year without alerting cops. As these battles heat up between governments and big tech, Manitoba's move could spark real change, or just more debate on protecting the next. Generation Online. From your city, powered by AI, this is Canada News Today.