Expert advisory group of 12 divided on forcing platforms to proactively monitor content and take down flagged posts within 24 hours, documents show
The idea is that the “approach should involve regulated services continually testing the effectiveness of certain tools and adapting them based on their findings.”
“Other experts voiced preference for obligations to remove a wider range of content. They explained that it would be better to err on the side of caution. They expressed a preference for over-removing content, rather than under-removing it.”Article content The new approach would currently regulate the same five categories of content and cover “services that Canadians intuitively associate with the term social media platform” — specifically naming Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.Experts debated whether setting a body that can order platforms to take down content would be a good idea.
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