May 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Some of the sharpest tech critics in Canada are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an open letter to put the brakes on a bill to regulate the internet that they say will undermine a “free and open Internet in Canada” and “curtail freedom.”
“We call on you to stop harming the Internet, the freedoms and aspirations of every individual in this country, and our knowledge economy through overreaching regulatory policies that will have significant, yet unintended consequences for the free and open internet in Canada,” the May 17 letter, signed by more than two dozen respected tech critics, states.
The letter comes in the wake of the Trudeau government introducing Bill C-10 last year to regulate certain online media services through the creation of a new class of broadcaster called “online undertakings.” The regulations, overseen by Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), would come into effect by the bill amending the country’s Broadcasting Act.
Critics warn that if the bill passes, it would regulate social media users in Canada while only allowing online content the government deems acceptable.
The signers of the open letter say the bill smacks of authoritarianism.
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