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Apr 29, 2021 · After more than 25 years of Canadian governments pursuing a hands-off approach to the online world, the government of Justin Trudeau is now pushing Bill C-10, a law that would see...
12 hours ago · Notably, it stopped short of recommending a ban on social media for youth. There are evidence-based alternatives to a ban. The government claims “a minimum age of 16 allows access to social ...
Mar 25, 2022 · However, in response to criticism surrounding Bill C-10, Bill C-11 has reintroduced a carve-out, excluding the Act from application to programs uploaded to social media services by a user of those services.
The law would regulate social media companies, live streaming platforms and "user-uploaded adult content" websites. The bill still needs to be voted on by Canada's Parliament. It lists seven...
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- Was Section 4.1 Included in Bill C-10 in The First place?
- Did The Government Propose to Remove Section 4.1?
- How Are You Defining “Social Media Service”?
- Is There A Privacy Concern with Information Gathering?
- What Do You Mean by “An Affiliate” of A Social Media Service?
The Government of Canada recognizes that social media services have clearly become an important tool for self-expression for Canadians. As you are all aware, section 2.1 clearly excludes users from being considered broadcasters in respect of the programs they post to a social media service. Section 4.1 clarified that programs that are uploaded to a...
The Government, after hearing from industry stakeholders, felt that the calibration of section 4.1 wasn’t right. According to a recent survey from the Media Technology Monitor, nearly two-thirds of Canadians use YouTube as their primary music streaming service; many Canadians turn to social media services for programming that informs, enlightens, a...
Bill C-10 does not define the term “social media service”. That’s because this is a commonly used term and it has a well understood meaning. Many dictionaries include a definition of social media. For example, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines social media as: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microb...
The proposed changes are specifically intended to provide the CRTC with the powers to properly administer the Broadcasting Act. These information gathering provisions would allow the CRTC to obtain relevant financial information from an online undertaking that provides a social media service as well as programming information. But to safeguard priv...
Bill C-10 defines “affiliate” in terms of corporate control. Examples include a corporate parent or subsidiary of a social media service. In speaking about the Bill in a non-technical manner we often refer to “unaffiliated users” as a short-hand that means everyone but for (i) affiliates in the defined sense, (ii) the service itself and (iii) agent...
Nov 14, 2023 · The Liberal government has released its final policy direction for the Online Streaming Act, requiring digital giants to contribute to Canadian content while leaving individual content creators...
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Mar 11, 2024 · On February 26, 2024, the federal government introduced Bill C-63, entitled 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 ...
