Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wants his province to be the first in the nation to ban the use of social media and artificial intelligence by teenagers.

At an NDP fundraising gala, Kinew’s fear tactics were on full display.

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“These tools have been designed by … people who understand our psychology, who understand our biology. And they have designed these tools and optimized them to hack our children’s reward system in their brain,” said Kinew.

“These are forces that contribute to anxiety and depression,” Kinew added. “These are forces that lead to young women being trafficked.”

While Kinew has yet to lay out the details, he has said Manitoba will pursue a social media ban for youth in line with Australia, which imposed its youth social media ban in December, as well as limit access to artificial intelligence.

The federal government has also mused about banning social media access for youth. After Liberal delegates endorsed the idea at a party convention in early April, Culture Minister Marc Miller said the government would take the issue “very........

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