New report says youth should help guide Ottawa’s campaign against online harms
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OTTAWA – Advocates say the federal government should listen to young people as it takes on the problem of online harms.
The John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights says in a new report today, that current systems aren’t protecting young people in digital spaces.
The group and youth representatives are holding a joint press conference on Parliament Hill today to present the report.
The report says young people are experiencing sexual exploitation and technology-facilitated gender-based violence, discrimination and exploitation online, among other harms.
It calls on the government to establish a youth digital safety advisory council that would have input in federal legislation, regulation and policy.
The Liberal government plans to introduce legislation to address online harms after a bill, introduced by the previous Liberal government, failed to become law.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2026.