Canada proposes a new regulation that imposes 'obligation to delete illegal content within 24 hours' on Facebook, Twitter, etc. for illegal content such as child pornography, fines up to '5% of total worldwide sales' in case of violation

The Government of Canada has released a new bill to crack down on illegal content such as child pornography and hate speech. The bill is still under consideration and the Government of Canada is soliciting public opinion online.

Canada lays out major plans to target illegal content on Facebook, YouTube, Pornhub and other platforms | The Star
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/29/canada-proposes-digital-safety-commissioner-to-keep-illegal-content-off-facebook-youtube-pornhub-and-other- platforms.html

Federal government proposes new policies to crack down on hateful online content
https://mobilesyrup.com/2021/07/29/federal-government-proposal-crackdown-hateful-online-content/

Ottawa proposes new rules to crack down on harmful online content | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-hate-facebook-youtube-social-media-1.6122894

The new bill released by the Government of Canada defines major online platforms such as YouTube as 'online communication service providers' and will oversee the online communication service providers by creating a new group called the 'Canada Digital Safety Commission'. Content. The Digital Safety Commission says that online communication service providers include YouTube, Facebook, Pornhub, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, while private message services such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger and telecommunications such as Bell, Rogers and Telus. Services that include social media features such as operators, Uber, TripAdvisor, and MyFitnessPal are not included.

The Canadian Digital Safety Commission oversees regulations on illegal content such as hate speech, child pornography, terrorists, incitement to violence, and revenge pornography. Each online communication service provider is obliged to remove these illegal content within 24 hours, up to $ 10 million or up to 3% of total worldwide sales in the event of a breach. Will be fined. In addition, fines of up to $ 25 million or 5% of total worldwide sales are found in the event of non-compliance with certain legal obligations. If Facebook defaults on certain legal obligations, it will be subject to payments of up to $ 5.4 billion, or 5% of total worldwide sales.

The Canadian government submitted this bill because there are cases where online content has turned the people into mobs. 'The online content has exacerbated the incident,' the Canadian government said , citing the 2017 domestic shooting of a mosque and the 2019 terrorist attack in New Zealand.

A summary of local videos and movies of terrorist attacks killed by gunshots at a mosque in New Zealand --GIGAZINE

The bill is still in the planning stages, and the Government of Canada is asking stakeholders and Canadians to send their opinions to the email address '[email protected]' on the page below. ..

Have your say: The Government's proposed approach to address harmful content online --Canada.ca
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/harmful-online-content.html