Toronto Star: Canadian government says it’s considering regulating Facebook and other social media giants
OTTAWA—The Canadian government is “actively considering” regulating social media giants and believes that self-regulation of the platforms has failed.
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould told the Star and BuzzFeed News that “all options are on the table” when it comes to applying domestic rules to international social media giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Twitter.
“We recognize that self-regulation is not yielding the results that societies are expecting these companies to deliver,” Gould said in an interview Monday.
“We are actively talking to partners around the world, we’re actively talking to experts here in Canada as well in terms of what can be done. And I remain open to many different options as to how we can ensure better behaviour.”
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Update #1: Social media companies’ policies not meeting Ottawa’s standards: Gould (iPolitics)
Update #2: Canada mulls crackdown on social media firms unless they do more to combat election meddling (Reuters)
WNU Editor: I am sure that the Canadian government is looking very closely at what the U.K. government is doing .... U.K. Plans To Have The 'Toughest Internet Laws In The World' (April 8, 2019). As to what is my take. I always feel very uncomfortable when government decides what will be permissible and what will not, especially with the current government in power in Ottawa. Their own biases and prejudices come into play, and to me it is a given that they will target those that they disagree with, and ignore those that they agree with.
