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Canada Drops Online Hate Speech Complaint Law
Justice Minister Sean Fraser said the government will not revive the old complaint process as it prepares a new online harms bill.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is abandoning efforts to reintroduce provisions into the Canadian Human Rights Act that would allow complaints regarding "the communication of hate speech."
- Under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the proposed Bill C-63 aimed to target online hate speech, but Opposition Conservatives decried the change as censorship, warning it risked flooding commissions with frivolous complaints.
- Jeremy Bellefeuille, a spokesman for Justice Minister Sean Fraser, confirmed the decision on Wednesday, while Fraser noted that Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller is approaching upcoming online harms legislation with a "fresh set of eyes."
- Amnesty International released a report Monday detailing a "virulent cocktail" of online hate, noting that inflammatory attacks targeting women, Muslim, and South Asian communities remain largely unregulated in Canada.
- Canadian Heritage Minister Marc Miller is "very seriously" considering a social media ban for minors, as the government develops new legislation to address digital safety and harmful online content.
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Bill C-63: An Act to enact the Online Harms Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service and to make consequential and
Bill C-63: An Act to enact the Online Harms Act, to amend the Criminal Code, the Canadian Human Rights Act and An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts
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