“I can’t be a racist sack of shit and spew hate speech in Canada so I’m not coming!” - a fetid sack of gangrenous anal sphincters.

  • hlmeless@lemy.lol
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    4 months ago

    Better idea. Get Trudeau to visit him in the US, then never come back 👍

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      4 months ago

      Really quality content from a 1-day-old account. Thank you for your insightful contribution and definitely not being yet another troll from the troll farm.

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        4 months ago

        I’m not a troll. I’m also not an echo chamber. Trudeau does not care about Canada.

        Edit: To be clear the online harms act is mostly a good law, but the definition of “Content that foments hatred” is quite vague. You could end up saying something like a joke that no one likes. Basically, what I just said about Trudeau, and that could be classified as hate speech.

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          4 months ago

          I would also point out that we already have " public encitment of hatred" as a law, and Canada has set bars or things that something must meet in order to classify. Adding the same crime to online places shouldn’t be that wild.

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            4 months ago

            We will see. Giving so much freedom to the new digital safety committee without much due process does not really sit well.

            I’m not for hate speech, but I am for opinions, and I also don’t care if people don’t like them.

            I just hope this bill does not end up punishing free thinkers, and that is my major concern.

            With that said, I’d be happy if I’m wrong, and this bill works out.

            Although, I’d still like Trudeau to leave Canada 🤷🏼

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              4 months ago

              Fair enough, but if they wind up misusing the power it won’t be long before someone makes a big stink and brings it to the human rights tribunal claiming they violate due process, and then it will be up to the courts to decide. I’d be surprised if it did, since historically our committees and groups like this tend to do less, rather than more, but it may happen.

              It won’t punish ‘free thinkers’ but it will punish those who have used online spaces as a free space to incite hatred, as it has been defined in Supreme Court hearings, which involves it being hatred targeted towards “any section of the public distinguished by colour, race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or mental or physical disability.” Based on this definition, it cannot be used against those who hate Trudeau/make jokes about him for things he has or has not done, as he is not distinguished by colour, race, religion, etc.