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Liberal, NDP and Bloc MPs have voted down an attempt by the Conservatives to ensure social media content is exempted from regulation in the controversial broadcasting bill C-10.
Conservative MPs proposed the amendment that would have essentially brought back a section of the bill that excluded social media content. That exemption was removed in April by the Heritage committee, prompting outrage from critics who said putting user-generated content under the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s authority amounts to an attack on free speech.
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For a month, the federal government has been under fire over its broadcasting bill C-10 and its implications for free speech. Peter Menzies, a former commissioner of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, said the bill “doesn’t just infringe on free expression, it constitutes a full-blown assault upon it and, through it, the foundations of democracy.” The
National Post’s Anja Karadeglija examines the issues and what’s at stake.
What’s the big controversy with Bill C-10?
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