90 Miles From Tyranny : Justin Trudeau Wants ‘Significant Penalties’ for Social Media ‘Hate Speech’

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Justin Trudeau Wants ‘Significant Penalties’ for Social Media ‘Hate Speech’

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, recently made infamous over resurfaced blackface photos, has instructed his ministers to create new legislation aimed at tackling “hate speech” on social media.

The mandate letter, sent to Canada’s Minister of Heritage, calls for legislation to be drawn up imposing “significant penalties” on social media companies that do not remove so-called hate speech within 24 hours.

The letter singles out “hate speech” for special attention, before moving on to other items like child exploitation and terrorism.

Create new regulations for social media platforms, starting with a requirement that all platforms remove illegal content, including hate speech, within 24 hours or face significant penalties. This should include other online harms such as radicalization, incitement to violence, exploitation of children, or creation or distribution of terrorist propaganda.

In another letter, sent to the Minister of Justice, instructs the Minister to work with his colleagues to combat “online hate:”

Work with the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to combat online hate and harassment.

Trudeau’s government appears to be following the lead of European states like Germany, which already imposes fines of up to 50 million euros against tech companies that fail to promptly remove so-called “hate speech.” French legislators have even considered jailing officials from tech companies that fail to meet demands to remove “hateful”...

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2 comments:

Noor al Haqiqa said...

To say I detest this bully boy is an understatement. He has openly stated he admires the Chinese way of doing things. His Dad was a Commie, he, son of Fidel, is also a commie. The man who raised him, Pierre, was a Commie.

When JT was a year old I predicted he would return to the manor as an adult and we would be in trouble. Here we are, I was right, only now the world is so much more dangerous that he is even worse than I expected. Needless to say, mention any of this to any Canadian, whether fan of his or not, and they will be absolutely apathetic or, "Well that is a good thing, isn't it?"

Wesley said...

Guess our friends to the north just can't handle free speech. . .That is a shame. Personally, I find Trudeau's suggesting hate speech laws offensive at best. More like hate speech.