Canada is preparing to reintroduce Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, in early 2026. As pressure grows to follow Australia’s age-gating model, this article explains why age limits alone miss the real issue. True online safety requires Safety-by-Design legislation that holds platforms accountable for how they are built, how data is used, and how risk is amplified, especially in the age of AI.

Many parents have learned to spot the risks of Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram. Far fewer realize that a new category of apps sits outside social media entirely. “Fap” and “gooning” AI are interactive sexual chatbots designed to simulate intimacy, attention, and attachment. With little age verification and highly realistic AI personas, these apps are quietly reaching teens, often without parents knowing they exist.

Protecting your child’s privacy online takes more than hiding their face. Every photo can carry hidden GPS data that reveals home addresses, schools, and daily routines. Most parents don’t realize this information is automatically attached. Learn how to turn off location services, strip geotags, and block apps like Snapchat and Instagram from accessing your child’s whereabouts.

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.

A violent online extremist movement is targeting vulnerable kids, and most parents have never heard of it. “764” uses sadistic manipulation, self-harm coercion, and youth-driven recruitment across Discord, Telegram, and gaming platforms. With recent arrests involving Canadian teens, parents need to understand how this group operates and how to protect their children before harm begins.

This is not a post about heading towards uncontrollable killer AI robots or other sci-fi extremes. The comparison is about control. More specifically, how governments are experimenting with ways to control the public internet and what will functionally be the outcome, possibly similar to the sci-fi Cyberpunk world.