This is a page from the 2021 Canadian federal election.
Harmful Online Content
Liberal
Introduce legislation within 100 days to combat serious forms of harmful online content, such as hate speech, terrorist content, content inciting violence, child sexual abuse material, & the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, making social media platforms accountable for the content they host.
Conservative
- Clearly criminalise statements that encourage violence against people or identifiable groups, focusing on online incitement.
- Provide $25M to law enforcement to quickly investigate online threats of violence, hate speech, & disinformation campaigns by foreign governments or extremist groups.
- Require social media platforms to remove illegal content, such as content that incites violence.
NDP
- Convene a national working group to counter online hate.
- Make social media platforms responsible for removing hateful & extremist content before it can do harm.
Green
- Fund data collection on the spread of online hate & real-world violence.
- Support research & development to improve AI solutions for detecting misinformation, hate, & violence online.
- Hold publishers of malicious disinformation to account.
- Invest in initiatives & partnerships to increase access to accurate information.
- Limit government to a regulatory role in monitoring & moderating online content.