Commentary
Expressions of opinions that aren’t supported by facts could soon be ordered removed from social media in Canada if the chief architects of the nation’s nascent Online Harms legislation have their way.
The federal government’s first attempt at Online Harms legislation foundered last fall after it was soundly denounced by civil rights and other organizations for violating fundamental principles of due process and freedom of expression as protected in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Indeed, Twitter went so far as to describe the proposed legislation as reminiscent of online censorship regimes put in place by notoriously authoritarian governments….