Five Big Problems with Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for “Harmful Online Content”

Article from Tech Policy Press by Daphne Keller
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Something terrible is happening in Canadian Internet law. 

The Department of Canadian Heritage has proposed a new legal framework to deal with “harmful” content. The framework would establish new regulatory entities with broad authority over speech and information shared on platforms like Twitter or Facebook. The rules it creates for platforms sound good on paper, but that’s about it. They disregard international experience with past laws and similar proposals around the world, as well as recommendations from legal and human rights experts inside and outside of Canada.  

 

Daphne Keller

Daphne Keller

Director of Program on Platform Regulation, Cyber Policy Center
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