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Ottawa outlines new legislation to define and crack down on online hate speech
CBC via Yahoo ^ | 06 23 2021 | Staff

Posted on 06/23/2021 10:23:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

The Trudeau government is proposing legal changes intended to curb online hate speech and make it easier for the victims of hate speech to launch complaints.

The proposed Bill C-36 includes an addition to the Canadian Human Rights Act that the government says will clarify the definition of online hate speech and list it as a form of discrimination.

"These changes are designed to target the most egregious and clear forms of hate speech that can lead to discrimination and violence," said Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti at a Wednesday evening news conference.

"They do not target simple expressions of dislike or disdain that pepper everyday discourse, especially online."

The amended act would define hate speech as "content that expresses detestation or vilification of a person or group," including over the internet.

The new definition is said not to include offensive language more broadly. It also excludes content that hurts, humiliates or expresses dislike or disdain. Private communications are also exempt.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; censorship; hatespeech; internet
Sticks and stones may break your bones but words are scary and need to be banned.
1 posted on 06/23/2021 10:23:18 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

If some group X commits some atrocity and proudly takes credit for it, would it be hate speech to point that out?


2 posted on 06/23/2021 10:31:38 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: yesthatjallen

Canada is just a giant province of the CCP so why shouldn’t it have the CCPs internet laws? Hmm was that merely offending Canadians or directing hate at them? Fascist laws are so confusing!!


3 posted on 06/23/2021 10:32:46 PM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: yesthatjallen

Canada’s soft leftist fascism is steadily getting firmer.


4 posted on 06/23/2021 10:40:55 PM PDT by PGR88
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#4. Comrade Chairman Trudeau learned well from his communist parents and their Cuban teachers.

The old Soviet-directed Communist Party of Canada will now be known as the Canadian Communist Party (CCP).
Vancouver Province and nearby regions will be known as the Canadian Provinces of Red China.


5 posted on 06/23/2021 11:01:09 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yesthatjallen

The legislation is so deliberately vague as to be both meaningless and extremely dangerous at the same time.


6 posted on 06/23/2021 11:04:03 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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I guess Canada’s voters are just as idiotic as American.


7 posted on 06/23/2021 11:25:56 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: yesthatjallen

Makes you want to go online and say things like: “I believe in three genders. Male. Female. and FREAK!”


8 posted on 06/24/2021 1:24:28 AM PDT by Cyclops08
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To: yesthatjallen

Oh Canaduh


9 posted on 06/24/2021 3:05:15 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: shanover

Or they have the same kind of vote fraud.


10 posted on 06/24/2021 5:36:14 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…..)
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