Status of Women committee  There are a number of things that I think can be done at the federal level. One of those is supporting the development of digital literacy resources. Most of the provinces that are adopting digital literacy in the curriculum don't necessarily have resources for teachers to use, a

Status of Women committee  Technically, we have a number of easy steps that can be partially effective. If you're talking on an individual level, almost every search engine has a “SafeSearch” setting. There are also content filters that are available. Most ISPs make those available. There are commercial

Status of Women committee  I'm using upvoting and downvoting in a generic sense. I'm using “upvoting” to mean taking any action that boosts content, that spreads it, and particularly that makes it seem more relevant to the algorithm, and “downvoting” to mean anything that does the opposite, that limits the

Status of Women committee  I think that's a question that's a little more technical, if I can speak for Jane, than either of us is qualified to answer. What I will say is that I'm not certain that there is any power in the world that will prevent teenagers from accessing pornography. I don't mean to be fl

Status of Women committee  I would add as well that most of the well-documented negative effects of pornography are also found to be caused by other forms of sexualized media that aren't explicit. For most of the things that we see in youth that we are fairly confident are caused or influenced by pornograp

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. For the past few years, barely a day has gone by without disinformation making the headlines. Whether it's doctored videos of politicians or conspiracy theories about vaccines, it affects our health, our democracy and even our ability to tell what's real

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I'll start with the second part of that question. Our model of digital media literacy is composed of four competencies. The first of these competencies is access, the ability to access digital media and other media as well. It is the one that underpins the other thre

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't take a position on the specific legislation, but what I can say is this: There certainly is a role for appropriate legislation and regulation in addressing disinformation. It is also not possible, as the British scholar Sonia Livingstone has said, to be literate in some

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say that the literacy program that we recommend and the programs that we currently deliver would address that. It wouldn't be targeted. It's not targeted specifically at that, but certainly any digital media literacy program is going to address how to evaluate whether or