If you were thinking the Conservatives wouldn't be as bad as the Liberals when it comes to regulating the Internet, think again. - eviltoast
The bill to protect Canadians online that the Liberals should have written.
michellerempelgarner.substack.com
Conservatives will present new legislation to protect Canadians online that preserves their civil liberties.

As opposed to Bill C-63, which pushes [age verification bullshit] far into the future and behind closed doors through an opaque regulatory process, our new Conservative legislation will directly legislate [age verification bullshit] that online operators must adhere to.

  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    The age verification thing is definitely the concerning part because it is very hand-wavy in this post.

    Implement privacy-preserving and trustworthy age verification methods (for example, computer algorithms that ensure reliable age verification) to detect when a user is a minor and to restrict access to any content that is inappropriate for minors to such users while expressly prohibiting the use of a Digital ID for these purposes;

    Specifically, the legislation will require operators to act in the best interests of a user whom it knows, or should reasonably know, is a minor by taking reasonable steps in the design and operation of its products and services

    The legislation may not require businesses to check your ID, but it may force them to do it anyway in order to protect their own asses, maybe after lawsuits test the “reasonably know” bit.