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Josh Dehaas: Canada is about to repeat Australia’s online censorship nightmare

Miller’s comments suggest Ottawa is ignoring Australia’s eSafety disaster and reviving Trudeau-era online speech regulation

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When reporters asked Heritage Minister Marc Miller last month what the Liberal government plans to do with its majority, he confirmed they intend to use it to pass a new bill to regulate the speech of adults online. Here we go again!

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The Carney government had been saying for months that they intend to pass “online harms” legislation, but it was unclear before Miller’s comments whether that meant banning kids from accessing social media or resurrecting aspects of Trudeau’s failed online harms bills, C-36 and C-63. Miller confirmed the goal is both. “Online harms don’t end as soon as you turn 15 or 16 or 17,” Miller said, also noting that “Segments of society can be violently attacked online and it’s time for social media and social platforms to have some responsibility.

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Miller’s comments about “some responsibility” suggest that although the Carney government may be willing to drop the chilling Trudeau-era plan to allow judges to jail people who may commit speech........

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