The federal privacy commissioner wasn’t consulted by the Liberal government in developing its online harms bill, proposed legislation that experts say could significantly impact Canadians’ privacy.
The online harms bill would require social media and other online platforms to monitor and take down, within 24 hours, illegal content in five categories. Experts have been warning that the regulatory system the government has proposed, which the Liberals have promised to table as legislation within 100 days of Parliament’s return, would violate Canadians’ constitutional and privacy rights.
