Fri Jun 23, 2023 – 12:05 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Internet censorship Bill C-18 has become law despite warnings that it will end free speech in Canada.
On June 22, Canada’s Senate voted 56-22 in favor of Bill C-18, titled the Online News Act, which will block news content for Canadians on social media platforms. It received Royal Assent the same day.
Bill C-18 says it “establishes a framework through which digital news intermediary operators and news businesses may enter into agreements respecting news content that is made available by digital news intermediaries.”
The law is presented as an attempt to keep journalism alive in Canada by providing outlets with “fair compensation” if their content is published on social media platforms.
However, Bill C-18 gives the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) the power to determine which news content Canadians are permitted to view.
According to the bill, to be considered “eligible” for sharing, a news outlet must be “a qualified Canadian journalism organization” and produce “news content of public interest that is primarily focused on matters of general interest and reports of current events.”
It is up to the Canadian government to decide which
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