As Michael Geist observes, the Canadian plan for a ban on youth social media use is vulnerable to challenges on two grounds: "freedom of expression, since blocking an entire cohort of Canadians from accessing information and expressing themselves on social media infringes Section 2(b) of the Charter, and privacy, since enforcing the ban will require millions of Canadians to verify their age to use social media services." As noted here, a French court overturned that country's ban on similar grounds. "A different movement may soon emerge, one that rejects ill-considered bans as unconstitutional on both expression and privacy grounds," he writes.
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