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ID-authentication for adult-content viewers would simply smuggle restrictive telecommunications precedents from the U.S. into Canada, and push the whole industry underground
Arif Virani said new power could restrain behaviour of someone with a track record of hateful conduct
Justice Minister Arif Virani has defended a new power in the online harms bill to impose house arrest on someone who is feared to commit a hate crime in the future – even if they have not yet done so already.
Requirements in proposed legislation would mean tech firms will need to hire more employees or spend more on reviewing content
OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives would rather take a tough-on-crime approach to online safety issues affecting young people than support the Liberal government's plan to regulate them, says leader Pierre Poilievre.