Crackdown On Internet 'Hate' in Canada 51
Baldrson writes "CanWest is reporting that 'The federal government is preparing to introduce a sweeping round of legislation that would combat the "explosion" of hate sites on the Internet.' A priority of this legislation is more international enforcement under the Council of Europe's protocol on hate speech. The hate-speech legislation is tied to a bill to reduce trafficing in women and children."
Slow down... (Score:3, Informative)
The operative words here are "preparing to introduce". So far it is a declaration of intent by the minister, no such legislation has been introduced yet (as you can find out on the Canadian Parliament [parl.gc.ca] site.) Don't panic just yet.
Meanwhile, you can check the existing legislation on "Hate propaganda".
There is a good article [parl.gc.ca] explaining the issues, an overview [ic.gc.ca] of the applicable law, the relevant statutes and regulations [justice.gc.ca] of the criminal code and a recent amendment [justice.gc.ca].
Also see the Internet Content-Related Liability Study [ic.gc.ca] on the applicability of the existing legislation to the internet.