A Canadian law that aims to make social media platforms "safer" is getting flak for what some decry as government overreach.
The Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63, would allow judges to imprison adults for LIFE if they advocate for "genocide."
The law would also allow a provincial judge to impose house arrest and a fine if there were reasonable grounds to believe a defendant “will commit” an offense – a provision Wall Street Journal columnist Michael Taube likened to the 2002 film, The Minority Report.
Maragaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, has criticized the bill as “Orwellian":
https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/world...deau-could-imprison-people-for-speech-crimes/