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Canada, she said, needs an independent social media regulator operating at arms length from government, and that watchdog should have the authority to order hate speech, disinformation and other harmful communication to be removed from social media sites.  “We need to have a takedown mechanism,” McLachlin said. The former chief justice was a member of the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression, established last year by the Public Policy Forum. That commission recommended in Januar...

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 6, 2021 5:41pm (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) Today’s Evening Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using their monopoly to threaten and undermine local news. Other countries are taking action. It’s time for Canada to stand up to the web giants – and step up for local news. Learn more. “We must all speed up.” That was the word today from Prime Minister Justin T...

Canada: Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression calls for new federal body to regulate social media The Canadian government plans to introduce legislation this year to regulate social media companies, with a focus on online hate and harassment. After nine months of study and deliberations, the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression has settled on a series of principles and recommendations that are aimed at influencing legislation. 68 In brief The Canadian government plans to introduc...

iPolitics Staff in any government office tend to be risk averse. On questions of which “harmful communications” are allowable expressions and which aren’t, they will be likely to lean toward the side of caution, or over-react under political pressure. (Shutterstock photo) The tech giants have been profiting on online viciousness and lies long enough. Our democracy depends on an engaged electorate whose access to information is not overwhelmed by a deluge of digital pollution. The m...

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday he has spoken with Australia’s eSafety commissioner to draw from that country’s experience in regulating social media companies. Guilbeault spoke to the House of Commons Canadian heritage committee on Jan. 29, the anniversary of the Quebec mosque shooting. He confirmed the federal government is looking at creating a new regulator as part of promised legislation to crack down on the distribution of hate speech, child pornography and �...