Experts: Canada’s Digital Safety Act

The Canadian government is expected to introduce a bill to ban the use of social media by those who are under 16.

These McGill experts are available to comment:

Sara Grimes, Professor, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, can talk about a range of issues related to children, teens and youth and the use of social media and technology, child tech policy, and the impacts of age bans on children's rights.
sara.grimes [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Victoria Talwar, Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, can talk about child development, the psychology of health, and children and screen time. 
victoria.talwar [at] mcgill.ca (English) 

Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor, Desautels Chair in Digital Technology Management, Desautels Faculty of Management, can talk about the technology dependence effect, social media / algorithms and teens, the rationale for bans and the effects they have had in other countries.

Emmanuelle.vaast [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)