June 3, 2022
Fears Confirmed as Canada’s Broadcasting Regulator Says Proposed Online Censorship Bill Will Apply to User-Generated Content
During a hearing on Canada’s attempt to regulate what users can say on the internet, Bill C-11 (The Online Streaming Act), the head of Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator again confirmed that the far-reaching regulations will apply to user-generated content.
Ever since the bill was announced, critics have been warning that it empowers the Canadian government to censor the content users post to social media platforms.
Forcing these platforms to abide by content rules set by Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator—the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
These fears were confirmed by CRTC Chairman Ian Scott earlier this month when he acknowledged that Bill C-11 would apply to user-generated content.
And in an appearance Tuesday (May 31) at the Canadian Heritage committee hearing, Scott reaffirmed that Bill C-11 allows the CRTC to regulate “user uploaded content.”
