Self-regulation is not “yielding the results” Canadians expect, said the Liberal democratic institutions minister, adding that Canada is “actively” talking with other countries around regulation.
has critics worried that too much rests on the government’s definition of what is false information.
“The challenge of [content moderation] is that it’s the most difficult piece of this puzzle,” Owen said. “They see themselves as actors operating on a different level than other companies operating in our society. And I think that is not fair to citizens and to Canadians,” Gould said. “Conservatives recognize the seriousness of safeguarding our democracy, however the government should not be policing social media platforms and free speech in this country,” Kusie wrote.
Whatever new legislation there is would come on the heels of Canada’s election advertising transparency laws. After the laws were enacted,, rather than keep a registry of all ads and comply with the law. For Owen, this shows that “Canada is not a big enough market to force large scale change by itself.” He said there should be international collaboration between governments.
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