Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is set to restart countrywide consultations Friday on the government's proposed online harms legislation after a group of experts convened by his department disagreed on the best path forward.
Over the course of a 10-page summary report, released Friday along with the announcement, it was revealed thecould not come to a consensus on whether software companies should be forced to proactively monitor or remove harmful content, whether private messages should be included in the legislation, and how to define "harm" itself.
Government heads back to drawing board with online harm bill after negative reaction in consultationsThe document is just the latest hint at the challenges the Liberals face in trying to police harmful online content.in the last days of his previous government, but Bill C-36 died on the order paper when he called an election in August 2021.
What Ottawa did release that month was another report, summarizing the discontent it heard in initial consultations by some community organizations and tech giants about some of its proposals. There werethe likes of Google or Facebook would have to flag problematic content to law enforcement, but also reservations about how the law would be too soft on unco-operative companies, or how it would crack down on freedom of speech as well.
A government source who spoke to CBC News on condition they not be named because they were not authorized to speak about the report said they were not surprised at the lack of consensus among the group. The document notes some experts' concern with removing any kind of content other than that which explicitly calls for violence or child sexual exploitation content.
Meanwhile, some academics wanted to target a wider range, expressing a preference to "err on the side of caution."
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