Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, was introduced in the House of Commons on June 10, 2026, proposing a regulatory framework for online safety that includes age-appropriate protections and a potential 16-year minimum age requirement for designated social media services. The legislation would create a Digital Safety Commission of Canada to enforce duties on regulated platforms, such as reducing exposure to harmful content and implementing age-verification or estimation measures, but the under-16 account restrictions apply only to services later designated by regulation rather than automatically across platforms. Companies could seek exemptions by demonstrating sufficient child safeguards, and full implementation would require additional regulations, commission setup, and enforcement timelines that officials have indicated could extend well beyond royal assent. As of mid-October 2026, the bill remains in the parliamentary process with ongoing debate, stakeholder input, and opposition from groups citing privacy, free expression, and regulatory scope concerns. These factors, combined with standard legislative timelines for committee review, Senate consideration, and potential amendments, make enactment of a binding under-16 restriction before year-end highly improbable according to trader consensus. No major procedural breakthroughs or accelerated timelines have been reported in recent weeks.
2026年6月10日,加拿大政府提出了 C-34 號法案《安全社群媒體法》,該法案將禁止未滿 16 歲的加拿大人持有社群媒體帳戶。 如果 C-34 號法案,或任何其他禁止未滿 16 歲人士在社群媒體平台持有帳戶的聯邦法案,在 2026年12月31日 下午11:59 ET 前獲得御准,此市場將判定為「是」。否則,此市場將以「否」結算。 必須獲得御准。僅由眾議院或參議院通過、委員會批准,或政府發布公告,均不算數。若法案的一般規定禁止未滿 16 歲人士持有帳戶,即使法案允許例外情況,也算數;例如,符合監管機構制定的安全標準的平台,或經父母同意開設的帳戶。若法案的一般規定僅適用於未滿 15 歲人士,則不算數。法律是否在截止期限前生效,不影響此市場的判定。省級立法不算數。 此市場的主要判定來源將是加拿大國會關於 C-34 號法案的 LEGISinfo 紀錄;不過,也可以採用可信報導的一致意見。
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