Canadian Town Outlaws Online Insults To Police and Officials

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday May 5, 2015 @10:39PM from the because-canadians-are-so-rude dept.

Pig Hogger writes: The Canadian town of Granby, Québec, just strengthened its municipal bylaw that prohibits insulting police officers and town officials by extending its "jurisdiction" to online postings. Fines range from $100 to $1,000. The town's mayor said, "In my opinion, if I threaten you via my keyboard, it's as though I am making that threat right in front of you. For me, it's the same thing." Critics worry about the implications for freedom of speech, and wonder why police and officials should get protection an average citizen does not.

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Not the same thing by Hognoxious · 2015-05-05 22:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

Threats and insults aren't the same thing. What a bunch of idiots, someone should nuke them.

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Here we go again by Dunbal · 2015-05-05 22:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

I hope they made it pretty darned clear what exactly constitutes an "insult". Or is it just "posts I don't like"?

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