Certainly. Thank you for your question.
I worked very closely on Bill C-63, the last online harms act, which was tabled in 2024. As part of my engagement on that file and my engagement right now on the impending online harms act, I have consistently advocated for what's called systems design change.
A major role that the government needs to play in regulating for online safety is to ensure that the architecture of digital platforms is addressed directly in regulation, to ensure that age-appropriate design is directed for major platforms and, to your point about sextortion, to scope in Snapchat as one of the regulated services. That was not the case in the prior legislation, and sextortion is largely carried out on Snap. In order to actually address that particular issue, we need to expand the definition of a “regulated service” under the new online harms act and ensure that Snap is covered.
