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Canada's long-awaited online harms bill is coming. Here's what we know (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Years in the making, the federal government is poised to introduce a new piece of legislation on Monday aimed at addressing a series of online harms.

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[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 months ago

five kinds of harmful content: hate speech, terrorist content, incitement to violence, the sharing of non-consensual images, and child exploitation

Sounds good on the surface but I'm sure there will be massive oversteps and oversights.

[-] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

massive oversteps and oversights.

It's ok, you won't be needing those pesky privacy rights anyways.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

I'm confident in my ability to stay one step ahead of bureaucrats but most people can't even set up a router. When companies comply with regional locks most people will have no choice but to comply.

[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

Exactly. I'll look for Michael Geist's analysis after the text is available.

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