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Canada has introduced a new law that aims to combat online abuse - including life in prison for inciting genocide.
The proposed Online Harms
Act requires social media platforms to remove posts - such as those which sexualise
children - within 24 hours.
The law would regulate
social media companies, live streaming platforms and "user-uploaded adult
content" websites.
It lists seven categories
of harmful content that providers would be required to remove from their
websites. Banned content includes posts made to bully a child or those
encouraging self-harm.
The bill would ban
deep-fakes, such as images that recently went viral showing Taylor Swift's head
on a naked woman's body. Private messages sent between individuals would fall
outside of the law's provisions, he added.
Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau's government also plans to amend the criminal code to increase hate
crime penalties, including by introducing a new offense punishable by up to
life imprisonment for those found guilty of inciting genocide.
The new legislation comes
amid tensions between the Canadian government and social media companies over a
law that forces companies to pay Canadian news publishers for their content.
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