Loading ...CANADA – Trudeau’s internet censorship Bill C-18 becomes law after passing Senate
However, Bill C-18 gives the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) the power to determine which news content Canadians are permitted to view.
According to the bill, to be considered “eligible” for sharing, a news outlet must be “a qualified Canadian journalism organization” and produce “news content of public interest that is primarily focused on matters of general interest and reports of current events.”
It is up to the Canadian government to decide which news outlets are to be considered “eligible.”
ill C-18 comes on the heels of the Trudeau government?passing?Bill C-11 in April, which Senator Marc Gould explained “would amend the Broadcasting Act to modify Canada’s broadcasting policy, bring into the act ‘online undertakings’ that transmit content over the internet, and change the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) regulatory powers, among many other things.”
Bill C-11 will, in effect, force social media companies and others to promote more Canadian content but could regulate user content as well.