House Justice Committee echoes calls for national database to track hate online

Making the database a reality to get a more accurate picture of the scale of the issue, might involve encouraging police forces to work with organizations that may already be collecting their own data, says chair and Liberal MP Anthony Housefather.
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather
House Justice Committee chair Anthony Housefather, pictured at a meeting earlier this year, says not all cases involving hate rise to the level of criminal activity.
Setting up a national database to track hate-crime incidents to tackle the spread of hateful content across the country is a no-brainer, says one expert, while a Liberal MP says it may not be an easy fix. “One of the things th...

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