In Canada, free speech is under fire. America, take heed.

[SugarDaddy1]

What has been jokingly referred to as “America’s hat” has been going through a rough patch recently when it comes to protecting its citizens’ fundamental liberties.

The government, led by Trudeau’s Liberal Party, has promised to institute a so-called online harms bill that would press companies to censor whatever the government defines as “harmful.”

Trudeau’s Canada and Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Justice Department here are dire warning signs of a frightening new breed of authoritarianism. The state will ruthlessly enforce orthodoxy toward leftist positions and accuse peaceful protests against them as hateful.

Canadian and American elites alike are trying to strip us of our free speech rights to insulate themselves from criticism. We can’t let them.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/09/04/in-canada-free-speech-is-under-fire-america-take-heed/

 

[ll74]

Poor Canucks. So sad....they all cant talk

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Poor Canucks. So sad....they all cant talk

Yah, it's pretty bad when the Liberal party pledged these changes in the last election, and it takes a verbal assault on a sitting MP to get the government to actually start writing a bill they previously promised.

From sugaries link....."The pledge originated with the intention of forcing “online communication service providers,” such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok, to be more accountable and transparent in handling five kinds of harmful content on their platforms: hate speech, child exploitation, the sharing of non-consensual images, incitements to violence, and terrorism."

"The Liberals' intention was to ensure the kinds of behaviours that are illegal in-person are also illegal online, with a focus on public content, not private communication"

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/polit...ddress-harmful-online-content-stand-1.6048720

Sugaries paper though, figures they can twist this one to "trigger" the righties on free speech in the US....taking his posting history, I guess it sucks he needs to outsource for his links these days....*chuckles*

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[lovecraft68]

Its been under fire here for quite some time.
Never get over the irony of people who adhere to fascism call everyone else a fascist. Adolf Trudeau is their hero

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Its been under fire here for quite some time.
Never get over the irony of people who adhere to fascism call everyone else a fascist. Adolf Trudeau is their hero

Free speech is enshrined in our constitution, just like it is in yours. Moderating what private business allows on their platforms is not censorship of free speech. Regardless of what you and others of your ilk try and claim....*chuckles*

 

[ll74]

Its been under fire here for quite some time.
Never get over the irony of people who adhere to fascism call everyone else a fascist. Adolf Trudeau is their hero

People seriously need to just go outside and stop whining about what social networks do or don't do.