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Now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus sweeping online harms legislation is before Parliament, allowing key stakeholders, major platforms, and Canadians with direct personal experience with abuse to dig in and see whats being proposed, reaction is streaming in. CTVNews.ca has rounded up reaction, and heres how Bill C-63 is going over.

The Online Harms Act, which is expected to be introduced in the House of Commons this week, will include a new regulator, separate from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with a mandate to reduce online harms.

“To the extent to which it identifies new issues, then obviously the law will make a difference,” said Michael Geist, Canada’s research chair in internet and e-commerce law. “Though that of course heightens the risks associated with the legislation, as it moves to potentially render some kinds of either content or behaviour unlawful.”

Attorney Corey Silverstein, professor Eric Goldman and more weigh in on the age verification bill that's become a hot-button topic in Canada.

A reckoning is on the way for age-restricted online content, as regulators move to pass mandatory age verification laws.

Pornhub is considering blocking access in Canada due to proposed legislation requiring age verification on adult sites. Bill S-210, endorsed by various political parties, has been forwarded to a House of Commons committee for further evaluation.

An eruption of new online industries like gambling and streaming has also made it much trickier to track down and nab cyber-lawbreakers. No wonder Vancouver’s GeoComply is growing so fast

In the WTO fight between the US and China -- in which the US declared victory recently, despite losing most of its arguments -- Canada had joined the fight on the US's side. However, as Michael Geist has discovered, by accessing government documents using the Access to Information Act in Canada, Canadian officials didn't see…

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