LogFAQs > #974636037

Wow, I'm kind of honored to get mentioned by someone. I'm a bit short on time right now to watch a video, but the two things I've heard regarding Canada and the internet are about services no longer carrying news over a law meant to compensate media outlets, and some kind of online harms bill, which I can only assume is like the UK's proposed internet safety legislation or the whole flock of evil bills that are currently circulating in Congress here in the US. Essentially, all major world powers feel that the government and police have insufficient access to private communications and your online activity, and also have insufficient control over what can be said and done online. Under the guise of protecting minors from harm, they seek to all change that while silencing all criticism by painting opponents as monsters for not wanting to help children.

Canada's legislation is the one I've heard the least about, but collectively, these all tend to feature the same ideas or will lead to the same things: no secure encryption (because police need to read all messages), the scanning of all communications and uploads and maybe what's on your device too (trust us, these AI tools work great!), age gating to prevent minors from seeing inappropriate content (more closely tying a user's real identity to what they do and say online and modifying behavior and restricting access to information). Individually, some of these ideas may not sound so bad...until you notice that no criticism is being considered, that they are all coming together at once, and until you zoom out and consider the wider political landscape (the LGBTA+ community is probably more outspoken about this stuff in the US than any other group).

If this video is about something different--or if there are novel considerations in it--do let me know and I'll swing back to it when I get time.