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Canada Bill C-34, Safe Social Media Act

Adequate measures to label realistic synthetic audio and visual content as synthetic, per regulations.

A draft: it isn't law, and markets=ca doesn't apply it. This page shows what it would ask, as drafted.

In short

  • Where: Canada
  • Status: Draft: not in force
  • Who: Operators of regulated social media services
  • Covers: Platforms only
  • Kennmarq.com: covers images and video today; audio: waits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026).
Updated 4 November 2026; source checked 4 November 2026. Sources are government sites. This page explains what Kennmarq.com does; it isn't legal advice.

What it asks of each kind of file

What Canada Bill C-34, Safe Social Media Act asks of each kind of AI-generated file, and what Kennmarq.com adds today
FileWhat it asksKennmarq.com today
Imagesa visible label, on deep fakesCovered
Videoa visible label, on deep fakesCovered
Audioa label, on deep fakesWaits for spoken notices in audio for deep fakes (expected December 2026)

In the API

A draft doesn't change what a call needs: markets=ca applies Canada's general rules in force or passed, not this one (what a call for Canada needs). The table above shows what our marks add of what it asks.

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