Feds unveil sweeping social media, AI-chatbot bill aimed at online harms & enforced by fines & AMPs
Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller said the Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) he introduced in the Commons June 10 creates ‘stronger responsibilities for online platforms to ensure their services are safe by design.’
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 4:49 PM
The federal Liberal government’s expansive new bill targeting online harms to children from social media and AI chatbots also takes aim at terrorism and violent extremist content, content that foments hatred and intimate content communicated without consent. Introduced in the House of Commons June 10 by Marc Miller, the minister of Canadian identity and culture, the 92-page Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) would enact two other statutes: the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act. ... [read more]
xAI violated privacy law by enabling sexualized deepfakes through Grok: privacy commissioner
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 4:28 PM
Elon Musk’s xAI and social media platform X violated federal privacy law by launching Grok’s image-generation tool without adequate safeguards, which allowed users to create and share non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said on June 11. ... [read more]
Court allows judicial review of inmate’s guilty finding for contraband possession
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 4:16 PM
The Federal Court has set aside a decision of an independent chairperson at Stony Mountain Institution in Manitoba that found an inmate guilty of a disciplinary offence. ... [read more]
Ombudsperson opens examination into delays in CRA processing of complex T1 adjustment requests
Thursday, June 11, 2026 @ 3:25 PM
The Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson has announced a systemic examination into “delays taxpayers are experiencing when the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) determines that a T1 adjustment is complex.” ... [read more]
Top judge backs Jordan juggernaut, warns bar against filing fake AI-generated precedents in court
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 @ 5:32 PM
The Supreme Court’s controversial Jordan decision, which has sparked the dismissal of thousands of cases due to unconstitutional trial delay, is still good law, but stays of proceedings are not a cure for undue systemic trial delay, Canada’s top judge says. “One stay of proceedings is too many,” Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner stressed at his annual press conference in Ottawa June 9. ... [read more]