Juno News - April 28, 2021


Trudeau wants to regulate what you post online

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Stephen Guibo Bill C-63
Some of the government's COVID rules don't add up Liberals say opponents of their internet regulation bill are ＂extremist＂

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576

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Bill C-10 is a piece of legislation that was introduced by Heritage Minister Stephen Guubo that could see the government get involved in regulating user generated content (UGC) on social media sites like TikTok, YouTube, and TikTok. The government says it has good intentions, but critics say it opens the door to more government control over the internet.

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00:00:00.000 The Liberal government wants to give itself the power to regulate, to censor, this video.
00:00:11.280 And all videos like it, posted by me, sure, but by you, by anyone else, by any Canadian.
00:00:19.880 Bill C-10, a piece of legislation that's been put forward by Heritage Minister Stephen Guaubo,
00:00:24.520 I guarantee you it's only going to become more controversial in the days and weeks ahead, as it should.
00:00:31.580 A number of experts in the field saying,
00:00:33.380 we got a lot of problems with this piece of legislation geared towards the CRTC,
00:00:39.260 dealing with telecommunications issues that actually, based on this legislation,
00:00:44.480 allows the government to give powers to the CRTC to poke around into both video content
00:00:51.140 put up on places like YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter, and so forth, by news agencies,
00:00:56.720 but also by regular folks.
00:00:59.020 UGC, they call it, user-generated content.
00:01:01.860 They actually made a revision to the legislation just a few days ago at the Heritage Committee
00:01:06.720 that added that new tweak.
00:01:08.800 User-generated content had been exempt.
00:01:11.020 It is exempt no more.
00:01:12.680 Now, the Liberal government and Minister Guaubo, their offices say,
00:01:15.440 look, we have some good intentions, there are reasons behind this, and so forth,
00:01:18.320 but a whole bunch of experts in these fields say,
00:01:21.620 we got a situation here.
00:01:23.380 I mean, this just opens the door to a lot of concerns
00:01:26.340 when it comes to, basically, the government getting involved in regulating the internet,
00:01:31.380 people's content on the internet.
00:01:33.580 I think a lot of people consider just chatting on social media,
00:01:37.060 and chatting on social media increasingly means putting up pictures, memes, videos,
00:01:42.240 of you giving your reactions, and so forth.
00:01:43.880 So, people look at that as really just the virtual version of them
00:01:47.840 hanging out at the coffee shop, at the bar, what have you,
00:01:51.000 sitting around the kitchen table, shooting the breeze,
00:01:53.200 and giving their thoughts on the sports game, or on politics of the day, and so forth.
00:01:57.540 But, increasingly, people are finding, well, hold on a second.
00:02:00.460 No, they're now trying to regulate this, and treat it like it's something different.
00:02:04.640 Stephen Guaubo also talking about other regulations,
00:02:07.560 and different pieces of legislation potentially coming down the pipes
00:02:11.020 in the weeks and months ahead.
00:02:13.580 Look, do we need more regulation of the internet?
00:02:16.900 I think the answer is just plain no.
00:02:19.540 Is there more crassness?
00:02:21.240 Is there more inappropriate behavior, and so forth, going on on the internet online?
00:02:25.540 Maybe there's an argument for that.
00:02:26.900 Well, I think people should be nice.
00:02:28.260 They should govern themselves accordingly, and so forth.
00:02:30.620 Other people, perhaps, should just not have so low of a barometer of offense.
00:02:34.360 And, most importantly, there are already laws, as there should be,
00:02:37.920 concerning libel, and defamation, and copyright, and other illegal content that people may post.
00:02:42.860 And, the authorities are already in power to act upon that.
00:02:45.700 And, one already has legal rights when it comes to things that are being,
00:02:49.220 that are happening online, when it comes to issues just like defamation and libel.
00:02:53.680 So, what is actually going on here?
00:02:56.560 Well, I think what's going on in the public discussion
00:02:59.080 is more people are waking up to what's going on with this legislation
00:03:03.120 and saying, hold on a second.
00:03:04.680 We don't like the looks of this at all.
00:03:06.380 Whatever good intentions you have,
00:03:08.420 we think this is a Pandora's box.
00:03:10.800 And, Canadians, again, be saying,
00:03:12.240 we don't want you to open it.