Posted on 03/14/2024 3:49:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Canadian law that aims to make social media platforms safer is getting flak for what some decry as government overreach.
Introduced late last month, the Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63, would allow judges to imprison adults for life if they advocate for genocide.
The law would also allow a provincial judge to impose house arrest and a fine if there were reasonable grounds to believe a defendant “will commit” an offense – a provision Wall Street Journal columnist Michael Taube likened to the 2002 film, The Minority Report. Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, has criticized the bill as “Orwellian.”
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Sounds like what they do in China....hmmmm
Just reminds me of when the UK House of Commons passed a censorship law that was off the charts.
The House of Lords then vetoed it, and a wise commentator (not me, this time) noted that the UNELECTED House of Lords had to put a leash on the ELECTED House of Commons.
That’s how bad ‘democracy’ can become when you allow people to vote in a system that was never designed to handle their ‘characteristics’.
Apply it to the Pro-Hamas thugs and see how long it lasts.
Canada backtrack in 3..2..
I didn’t think Lords could do that anymore.
Why is tyranny gaining such a foothold on this continent? South America as well. Is it China? After so much history of the horrors, death, of communist, totalitarian governments, you would think scumbags like this guy would immediately be removed from office and have his ass kicked.
“I didn’t think Lords could do that anymore.”
Probably not, considering what the UK has become. But I think this was at least a decade ago.
An Insane law created by the Insane
All Pali “River to the Sea-ers” are going to be locked up?
so if you’re against Trudeau’s fake climate crisis crap you are advocating genocide and go to prison for life ?
So saying all “blank” must die will get you like in prison? So I assume there will be a lot of liberals in jail screaming “death to” the latest hated group of the week is.
Nah. Ain’t gonna happen, homes.
So when Arab people say river to the sea they will get life in prison?
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
They’ll be selective about applying the law.
Great...so when they sign this into law, can expect to see a conga line of Canadian Muslims perp-walked into custody for genocide talk against the Jews?
Unfortunately so.
Isn’t abortion a degree of genocide.
If so, will those spouting the virtue of abortion advocating genocide.
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