May 13, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
The federal government is promising an amendment to Bill C-10 following an uproar of controversy and criticism over the legislation’s potential to infringe on Canadians’ freedom of expression.
The criticism stemmed from the removal of an amendment to the bill that protected user generated content from being regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on social media platforms.
Without the protection, former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies called Bill C-10 an “assault” on Canadian’s ability to post their opinion online. Part of the legislation states user generated content can be flagged by the CRTC, which forces Canadians to remove their post or video within 24 hours, effectively subjecting all online speech to government review, without any clear mandate.
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