Critical Commentary (~ 800 words) Format: Use Times New Roman, 12-point font. Us

Critical Commentary (~ 800 words)
Format:
Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.
Use APA in-text citation.
Include a “References” section. (A minimum of 2 references from the assigned readings. A
minimum of 2 references outside of the syllabus).
References you could use (PICK 2) then look for 2 other external references:
1. PDF linked below in files
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k3AvvmZQrI
3. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-loophole-state-backed-manipulation
4. https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/google-quayside-toronto-smart-city/
The Government of Canada is currently making a new law, Bill C-63: the Online Harms Act.
The main goal of this law is to create a regulatory regime to hold social media services
accountable for reducing exposure to harmful content on their platforms.
In this Bill, harmful content is defined as content that sexually victimizes a child or
revictimizes a survivor, intimate content communicated without consent, content used to
bully a child, content that induces a child to harm themselves, content that foments
hatred, (Note: In our legal system, a child is any person under the age of 18.)
link to Bill: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c63.html
Meanwhile, the Government of Ontario launched a new policy stating that for students in
Grades 7 to 12, cellphones will not be permitted during class time unless explicitly directed
by the educator.
link to cellphone use article: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004501/ontario-cracking-down-on-cellphone-use-and-banning-vaping-in-schools
For this assignment, you will write a critical commentary on Bill C-63 and Ontario’s banning
on cellphone use in classroom. Your imagined audiences are school administrators,
educators, policymakers, parents, and students in grades 7 to 12. It should demonstrate
your perspective as a young user, who lived through your middle school and high school
years before these policy and legal tools were developed.
Please use the following instructions to guide your writing:
1) you discuss whether these regulations are adequate for achieving their stated goals,
while upholding teenagers’ freedom of expression, privacy rights, and other human rights?
(e.g., the children’s rights. To learn more about the rights of the child, link: https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version
2) use some personal examples to reflect on your own experiences as a teenager. For
example, you may discuss how smartphones and social media affected your learning
experience. Did your teachers and parents try to influence your interactions with the
media? Were these attempts helpful to your personal growth? What could be done
differently?
3) you conclude your commentary by proposing one or several policy recommendations
that your former middle school or high school can implement to support students’ learning
and growth in a media-saturated environment. (Tip: you need to explain why your
recommendation is appropriate for this school.)
4) throughout the commentary, explain your arguments and policy recommendations by
engaging with the course materials (At least two references from the assigned
readings).
5) support your arguments by using at least two external sources. They can be articles
about Bill C-63 and Ontario’s policy on cellphone use in schools. They can be research
articles about cellphone and/or social media’s impacts on young users.