{
  "id": 1515380,
  "title": "Canada’s social media ban for under-16s likely to face Charter challenge, experts say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/canadas-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-likely-to-face-charter-1515380",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:49:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/08/17/social-media-ban-canada-charter/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Experts say the federal government is likely to face a constitutional challenge to its proposed ban on social media for kids under 16. On Friday, France’s top court struck down that country’s social media ban for kids under 15, saying the ban was too broad and infringed on freedom of expression. Dalhousie University associate law […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}