Canadian lawmakers look at foreign models to target real-world fallout of social media ‘pipeline of hate’

Tech companies have resisted regulation through a ‘compelling narrative’ that has led to a ‘hands-off, light government approach since the beginning of the internet,” says researcher Natasha Tusikov.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez's mandate letter calls for him to introduce online harms legislation. His office says it will propose a ‘made-in-Canada’ approach' but look to examples from other governments already working with social media companies to make their services safer.

Moving away from content regulation and toward addressing social media companies' business models and design choices is one of the “most impactful solutions” governments can adopt to tackle how platforms drive polarization and “undermine democracies,” says a spokespe...

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