Government Expert Panel Says Disinformation Can’t Be Defined in Law

Government Expert Panel Says Disinformation Can’t Be Defined in Law
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announces a new expert advisory group on online safety as a next step in developing legislation to address harmful online content, during a press conference in Ottawa on March 30, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The expert panel tasked with advising the federal government on the creation of a new bill to address “online harms” says “disinformation” should be tackled, yet it warns that the phenomena cannot be defined in legislation.

In late March, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced that a panel of 12 experts would be holding discussions to make recommendations to the government for the tabling of a new bill to regulate online content.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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