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C-216 — An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend two Acts
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C-216
An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend two Acts
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BILL C-216
An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend two Acts
Last activity : Outside the Order of Precedence
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Omnibus bill. It changes several different acts, one per part (3 parts). The title names only some of them, so the summary below goes part by part.
Commons · 1st2025-06-19Commons · 2ndCommons · 3rdSenate · 1stSenate · 2ndSenate · 3rdRoyal assent
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What it does, in plain language
- Bundles three online-safety measures: a new law on minors' personal data, tighter reporting rules for child sexual abuse material, and new Criminal Code offences.
- Affects online platforms and apps, Internet service providers, and people who post faked intimate images or harass others online.
Part 1new Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act
- Creates a law aimed at providing a safe online environment for minors.
- Requires owners and operators of platforms, online services and apps to ensure minors' personal data is not used in ways that could compromise their privacy, health or well-being.
Part 2An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service
- Clarifies which types of Internet services the Act covers.
- Streamlines reporting by sending all mandatory notifications to a single law enforcement body named in the regulations.
- Requires transmission data (technical details about how content was sent) to accompany a report when the content is clearly child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
- Lengthens how long data about an offence must be preserved and how long prosecutors have to lay charges, and adds new regulation-making powers.
Part 3Criminal Code
- Bans publishing a software-created or software-edited image made to look authentic that falsely shows a person nude, exposing their breasts, genitals or anal region, or engaged in explicit sexual activity.
- Creates a separate offence of criminal harassment carried out through the Internet, a social media service or another digital network.
- Requires judges to treat communicating with the victim anonymously or under a false identity as an aggravating factor at sentencing.
- Allows a peace bond for someone who poses a risk of online harassment and, where the person acted anonymously, allows a court order to obtain information identifying them.
🤖 AI-generated from the bill’s official text as introduced — may not reflect amendments adopted since.
Registered lobbying
1 communication · 1 organization
as of Sep 10, 2026
the 1 most recent +
Rumble Canada Inc.1
2025-06-24 · House of Commons
Rumble Canada Inc.
Met with : Andrew Lawton — Member of Parliament
Communications reported to the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying that name this bill. Lobbying is a lawful, publicly registered activity — this count is a fact, not a verdict. Only communications whose description names both the bill number and its title are counted, so the real total may be higher. Registry archive read on September 10, 2026; the Commissioner republishes it about monthly, and we refresh it by hand.
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