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Crackdown On Internet 'Hate' in Canada

Posted by timothy on from the more-laws-are-surely-the-answer dept.

Baldrson writes "CanWest is reporting that 'The federal government is preparing to introduce a sweeping round of legislation that would combat the "explosion" of hate sites on the Internet.' A priority of this legislation is more international enforcement under the Council of Europe's protocol on hate speech. The hate-speech legislation is tied to a bill to reduce trafficing in women and children."

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  1. So... by GypC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...speech is free only as long as it is politically correct in Canada.

    Some freedom.

    You have to take the good with the bad, otherwise you are not free.

  2. This doesn't help too much. by FooAtWFU · · Score: 2, Insightful
    This will just get the people who would like to start a hate site even more upset and more liable to hate the person/group in question... then they get some offshore hosting and you still have the hate sites.

    Heck, if you were a Nazi and thought that the Jews had an evil conspiracy to control the banks and the government, this kind of legislation wouldn't exactly make you change your mind.

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