Online Harms Act: Ensuring the Safety of Persons in Canada
The Federal government gave first reading today to the long awaited, Online Harms Act, Bill C-63.
The draft law is summarized as follows:
Part 1 of this enactment enacts the Online Harms Act, whose purpose is to, among other things, promote the online safety of persons in Canada, reduce harms caused to persons in Canada as a result of harmful content online and ensure that the operators of social media services in respect of which that Act applies are transparent and accountable with respect to their duties under that Act.