Does Canada’s Safe Social Media Act go far enough? Here’s what one expert thinks

About this episode

Sara Grimes discusses Canada's Safe Social Media Act and its implications for children's rights in the digital environment.

Sara Grimes, Professor at McGill University and expert in children’s digital media culture and children’s rights in the digital environment spoke with Sue Smith, in for Aaron Rand Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

People in this episode

Host: Sue Smith

Guest: Sara Grimes

Topics covered

• social media
• children's rights
• digital media culture
• Canada
• legislation
• expert opinion

Keywords

• Canada
• Safe Social Media Act
• children
• digital media
• expert opinion
• legislation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: McGill University, THE CANADIAN PRESS

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