Bill C-34: What’s Changing And How Digital Service Operators Can Prepare (Client Alert)

Bill C-34 at a glance

• Bill C‑34 would establish a new federal digital safety framework for regulated social media, chatbots, and certain online services
• The proposed regime would apply to regulated social media services, AI chatbot services using natural language and prescribed online services posing risks to children
• Operators would be subject to new obligations relating to child protection, harmful content, governance and transparency
• Non‑compliance may result in administrative monetary penalties of up to the greater of $10 million or 3% of gross global revenues or up to the greater of $20 million or 5% of gross global revenues in the case of offences
• Key elements of the framework will be defined through future regulations, creating uncertainty around scope and implementation