Loading ...Mark Carney vows to push for even more internet censorship if Liberals are re-elected
Mark Carney said that ‘misogyny, antisemitism, hatred, and conspiracy theories’ are creating a system of ‘pollution’ online that he will target if re-elected.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to continue in Justin Trudeau’s footsteps if the Liberal Party is re-elected, promising even more legislation to crack down on lawful internet content. “There are many serious issues that we’re dealing with,” Carney said. “One of them is the sea of misogyny, antisemitism, hatred, and conspiracy theories — this sort of pollution online that washes over our virtual borders from the United States.”
He said that while so-called conspiracy theories targeted at him might be tolerated, the more “serious thing is when it affects how people behave — when Canadians are threatened going to their community centres or their places of worship or their school or, God forbid, when it affects our children.”
Specifically, the law called for the creation of a Digital Safety Commission, a Digital Safety ombudsperson, and a Digital Safety Office, all tasked with policing internet content. Its “hate speech” section was accompanied by broad definitions, severe penalties, and dubious tactics, including levying preemptive judgments against people if they were feared to be likely to commit an act of “hate” in the future.
Details of the legislation also showed the bill could lead to more people jailed for life for “hate crimes” or fined $50,000 and jailed for posts that the government defined as “hate speech.”