Federal government open to new law to fight pandemic misinformation

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-misinformation-disinformation-law-1.5532325?fbclid=IwAR2F3T97iET7AhZaevXeuR6BPJp7CLvWOcNSiviKPbhSaKMzb7WVkuqCxYk
Published: Apr 15, 2020
Author: Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News
Post Date: 2020-04-21 21:21:57 by Anthem
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It's one of several measures the government is considering to counter fake news about the virus online

Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc's cabinet mandate letter gave him responsibility for fighting online disinformation. (Jessica Rubinger/CBC News)

The federal government is considering introducing legislation to make it an offence to knowingly spread misinformation that could harm people, says Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc.

LeBlanc told CBC News he is interested in British MP Damian Collins's call for laws to punish those responsible for spreading dangerous misinformation online about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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California and New York won't be far behind.

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#1: ghostdogtxn    To: Anthem (#0)

ghostdogtxn posted on 2020-04-22 05:42:36   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Lod    To: Anthem (#0)

One man's dangerous misinformation is another's gospel truth.

Pound sand, limeys.

Lod posted on 2020-04-22 07:16:45   Reply   Private Reply