TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT WANTS:
The Trudeau Liberals are drafting legislation to censor political taunts. That means the government can tear down any content towards a politician that they think is "mean" Trudeau's cabinet is also proposing an "internet kill switch" to block websites that they deem "hateful", citing certain news that was critical of Catherine McKenna. This is not how democracy works. Canadians have freedom of expression.
Trudeau and his friends are setting a very bad precedent for freedom in Canada AN "INTERNET KILL SWITCH"
The Liberal cabinet minister charged with policing the internet says it may need to have a kill switch to turn off sites who say hurtful things about politicians, says Blacklock’s Reporter.
“We have seen too many examples of public officials retreating from public service due to the hateful online content targeted towards themselves or even their families,” said Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
“I have seen firsthand alongside other Canadians the damaging effects harmful content has on our families, our values and our institutions. As a dad and a stepdad to six kids, I know more can and should be done to create a safer online environment.”
The Liberal cabinet minister charged with policing the internet says there may need to have a kill switch to turn off sites who say hurtful things about politicians, says Blacklock’s Reporter.
“We have seen too many examples of public officials retreating from public service due to the hateful online content targeted towards themselves or even their families,” said Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
“I have seen firsthand alongside other Canadians the damaging effects harmful content has on our families, our values and our institutions. As a dad and a stepdad to six kids, I know more can and should be done to create a safer online environment.”
Guilbeault made his remarks in a podcast sponsored by Canada 2020, an Ottawa think tank affiliated with the Liberal Party. Legislation to censor internet content will be introduced shortly, he said.
“I am confident we can get this adopted,” said Guilbeault. ‘
“Once the legislation is adopted, clearly creating a new body, a new regulator like that in Canada, would take some time.”
“Could we envision having blocking orders? Maybe. It would likely be a last resort, a nuclear bomb in a toolbox of mechanisms for a regulator.”
“It’s pretty extreme, but theoretically it is a tool that is out there and could potentially be used.”
“But really no decisions have been made on that. This is something you would see as part of the regulations most likely.”
Internet censors should have federal powers to delete content piecemeal, said Guilbeault.
“There is this notion of a 24-hour takedown. This is something we want to do in Canada.”
“On online platforms, when something is posted there it can stay there for a very long time,” he said.
The Liberal cabinet minister charged with policing the internet says there may need to have a kill switch to turn off sites who say hurtful things about politicians, says Blacklock’s Reporter. “We have seen too many examples of public officials retreating from public service due to the hateful online content targeted towards themselves or even their families,” said Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. “I have seen firsthand alongside other Canadians the damaging effects harmful content has on our families, our values and our institutions. As a dad and a stepdad to six kids, I know more can and should be done to create a safer online environment.” Guilbeault made his remarks in a podcast sponsored by Canada 2020, an Ottawa think tank affiliated with the Liberal Party. Legislation to censor internet content will be introduced shortly, he said. “I am confident we can get this adopted,” said Guilbeault. ‘ “Once the legislation is adopted, clearly creating a new body, a new regulator like that in Canada, would take some time.” “Could we envision having blocking orders? Maybe. It would likely be a last resort, a nuclear bomb in a toolbox of mechanisms for a regulator.” “It’s pretty extreme, but theoretically it is a tool that is out there and could potentially be used.” “But really no decisions have been made on that. This is something you would see as part of the regulations most likely.” Internet censors should have federal powers to delete content piecemeal, said Guilbeault. “There is this notion of a 24-hour takedown. This is something we want to do in Canada.” “On online platforms, when something is posted there it can stay there for a very long time,” he said. “It can get reproduced and shared and re-shared hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands of times, and it’s very difficult for people, individual citizens, to have any control over it. So we want to shift the burden from people to the platform.” No public consultations have been permitted to date. “We are in the final stages of developing the legislation which should be tabled in the coming weeks,” said Guilbeault. “We are to some extent in uncharted territory in terms of legislation. I mean, we haven’t done that in Canada. A few other countries around the world have done it, but we are certainly among the early adopters of that.”