Smart glasses can provide life changing accessibility for people who are blind or have low vision, but those benefits should never shield technology companies from legitimate scrutiny. Accessibility and privacy do not have to compete. As AI enabled wearables become more common, we need policies that accommodate disability-related needs, protect privacy and consent, establish reasonable boundaries, and hold companies accountable for how their technology is designed.

Bill C-34’s age-gating proposal is generating headlines, but are we debating the wrong part of the legislation? While social media platforms may face a 16+ age restriction, messaging apps, AI chatbots, and many gaming platforms appear exempt. If online harms occur across all of these environments, why age-gate some but not others? We examine whether the age gate is an evidence-based safety measure or a political optic that risks overshadowing the bill’s strongest features!

Roblox is rolling out face-scanning age verification that will soon be required to use chat, but the biometric analysis is handled by a third-party company backed by major investors. This update is framed as safety, yet it raises serious questions about data extraction, long-term privacy risks, and how age-gating laws could affect every family online.

AI already scans our photos for ads and services—why not use it to detect child sexual abuse material, with strict safeguards, to protect kids from harm?

Teens are downloading other Chinese apps in protest of a potential TikTok ban, highlighting flaws in performative policy and demanding broader digital reform.