VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer online.
Premier David Eby says in a joint statement with representatives of the firms Meta, TikTok, X and Snap that they will form an online safety action table, where they'll discuss"tangible steps" towards protecting people from online harms.
The announcement to put the bill on hold is a sharp turn for the government, after Eby announced in March that social media companies were among the"wrongdoers" that would pay for health-related costs linked to their platforms. Eby said one of the key drivers for legislation targetting online harm was the death of Carson Cleland, the 12-year-old Prince George, B.C., boy who died by suicide last October after falling victim to online sextortion.
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