This story originally appeared in Kids Today , Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions . Bans on kids and teens using social media have swept the country and the world in the past few years, with lawmakers from Australia to Massachusetts enacting or considering legislation to keep young people off platforms like TikTok. Now the Canadian province of Manitoba is planning to go one step further : banning kids from using AI chatbots. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announced the proposed ban at an April fundraiser, arguing that tech platforms are “doing these very awful things to kids all in the name of a few likes, all in the name of more engagement, and all in the name of money.” Kinew didn’t say which social media and AI platforms the ban might include, or when the legislation might be introduced, although Manitoba’s education minister has said enforcement might begin in schools . So far, social media bans don’t have a ton of evidence behind them.…