The Canadian government is mired in controversy over Bill C-10, an attempt to modernize regulation of streaming services and social media companies. Facing backlash, the government has promised to amend the bill and in the process has shown how difficult regulating online content can be. Emily Laidlaw, a research chair in Cybersecurity Law and an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, joins “This Matters” to talk Bill C-10, the challenges of online regulation and what comes next.
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