This is Vanese Ferguson with Coffee Talk. So the latest info out of Ontario where a police officer was shot and killed is beyond disturbing. Toronto Police allege young people are being recruited through encrypted messaging applications to carry out attacks and are required to record the incidents as proof in order to receive payment. Investigators continue to search for a suspect who remains wanted in connection with the U.S. consulate shooting in Toronto. The update comes just days after Emergency Task Force member Marc Pinizzotto was fatally shot during the execution of a search warrant connected to the investigation. And the Government of Canada is going to legislate the age of when young people can access the internet’s social media platforms? The Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) was introduced last Wednesday. One element of the plan is to ban social accounts for kids under 16 unless it can be proven appropriate safeguards are in place. Now that is to protect the kids from predators but bad actors are already hiring kids to commit gun crimes. I don’t think this genie is going back in the bottle.
May be way too late to regulate social media and young people
By Vanese M. Ferguson
Jun 17, 2026 | 7:32 AM
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