Bill c-47 articles
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Multiple Bills Aimed at Addressing Violence in D.C. Are Pending As Crime Decreases
In the early morning of Dec. 30, 2023, 18-year-old D.C. resident Dekhota Evans was fatally shot in an alley on the 500 block of Florida Avenue NW. Evans’ murder was […]
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B.C. puts online harms bill on hold after agreement with social media companies
B.C. is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer online.
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Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63
The Online Harms Act has sparked widespread debate over the past six weeks. I’ve covered the bill in a trio of Law Bytes podcast (Online Harms, Canada Human Rights Act, Criminal Code) and participated in several panels focused on the issue. Those panels are posted below. First, a panel titled the Online Harms Act: What’s Fact and What’s Fiction, sponsored by CIJA that included Emily Laidlaw, Richard Marceau and me. It paid particular attention to the intersection between the bill and online...