Feds should establish regulator to rein in ‘Wild West’ of social media, says report

Even as the commission said the regulator should have the power to impose fines or administrative penalties as a deterrent against a pattern of non-compliance, it warned against Germany’s 'reactive' approach and favoured 'corrective' over punitive measures.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has been tasked with creating 'new regulations for social media platforms, starting with a requirement that all platforms remove illegal content, including hate speech, within 24 hours or face significant penalties,' according to his 2019 mandate letter.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

January 27, 2021

Ottawa should move to establish a new regulator with the power to rein in the “Wild West” of social media, giving the body oversight in holding tech giants accountable for the proliferation of harmful, hateful content on their platforms, says a government-funded r...

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