Tag: Bill C-63
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UK Style Convictions For Online Posts Possible In Canada
Several individuals in the UK have been sentenced to prison for posts they made online as authorities crack down on recent protests that led to race-motivated crimes.The laws that were used for the arrests in the UK compare as strikingly similar to Canadian laws dealing with online speech, including both existing legislation and the proposed…
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Feds False News Checker Tool To Use AI- At Risk Of Language & Political Bias
Ottawa-Funded Misinformation Detection Tool to Rely on Artificial Intelligence A new federally funded tool being developed with the aim of helping Canadians detect online misinformation will rely on artificial intelligence (AI), Ottawa has announced. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said on July 29 that Ottawa is providing almost $300,000 cad to researchers at Université de Montréal…