Bill Detail

Part 1 of this enactment enacts the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act, the purpose of which is to provide for a safe online environment for minors by requiring owners and operators of platforms such as online services or applications to ensure that minors’ personal data is not used in a manner that could compromise their privacy, health or well-being.

Part 2 amends An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service to, among other things,

Part 3 amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,

prohibit the publication of the image of a person created or edited through the use of computer software that falsely represents the person, in a manner that is intended to make the image appear authentic, as being nude, as exposing their genital organs, anal region or breasts or as being engaged in explicit sexual activity;

create a separate offence of criminal harassment that is conducted by means of the Internet, a social media service or other digital network and require the court imposing a sentence for the offence to consider as an aggravating factor the fact that the offender, in committing the offence, communicated with the victim anonymously or using a false identity; and

provide for the circumstances in which a person who presents a risk of committing an offence of online harassment may be required to enter into a recognizance and, if the person has communicated anonymously or using a false identity, provide for the circumstances in which a court may make a production order for the purpose of identifying the person.