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Today we’re calling explicitly on @theJagmeetSingh to lead the NDP in opposing Bill #C10 and defending the freedom of expression of all people in Canada. #Cdnpoli https://action.openmedia.org/page/81358/action/1?ea.tracking.id=tw
Some are interpreting this Bill a partisan issue - if @CPC_HQ is opposing #C10, the @NDP should support it. Some think #C10 will fulfill core NDP values.
We are here to say it is not, and will not. Buckle up, in this thread we’re doing some rapid-fire myth-busting.
We are here to say it is not, and will not. Buckle up, in this thread we’re doing some rapid-fire myth-busting.
First: Is our personal activity on social media still exempt from regulation in new Bill #C10? NO. The revised Bill exempts us as individual users, but NOT our audiovisual posts.
A bit like saying I am not censoring you - just your speech! https://twitter.com/EmilyLaidlaw/status/1387120751011008512
A bit like saying I am not censoring you - just your speech! https://twitter.com/EmilyLaidlaw/status/1387120751011008512
If you don't believe us, believe Heritage official Thomas Owen Ripley at committee: "if the exclusion here is removed and 4.1 is struck down, the programming we upload onto YouTube, the programming we place on that service, would be subject to regulation"
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/CHPC/meeting-26/evidence
https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/CHPC/meeting-26/evidence
Second: Will Bill C-10 help address “hate speech”, as @theJagmeetSingh has said? NO. There is a separate bill on online harms that @CdnHeritage is working on, in consultation with @JusticeCanadaEN and others. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ndp-open-to-supporting-controversial-broadcasting-bill-amendment-singh
Any legislation impacting online speech must be tightly limited, not addressed through broad broadcasting act regulation. We may take issue with the online harms bill when it is presented - but we hope to see careful specification of the powers granted, unlike Bill #C10.
Going deeper on this point - will imposing broadcasting standards on our personal posts help marginalized voices? NO. Here scholar @Cyn_K sharply describes it “breathtakingly regressive”, imposing standards meant for gatekeeper on the still gate-kept: https://twitter.com/Cyn_K/status/1387851955150770177
Third: Is Bill C-10 standing up for Canadian Content creators against ‘web giants’? NO. Creating a complex set of broadcast regulations is an enormous gift to the large platforms like @Facebook, making it much more difficult to compete with them. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-regulation-explained.html
Will Bill #C10 help Canadian creators and Canadian culture succeed on modern Internet? Not the way it is currently designed. Key questions about reforming our out of date CanCon definitions and support for popular Internet spaces are left out of #C10: https://openmedia.org/article/item/whats-wrong-with-bill-c-10-an-faq
In sum: Including user generated content within the scope of Bill #C10 has transformed it from bad policy to national Internet emergency. Cabinet instruction to @CRTCeng can’t fix this Bill; it simply gives too much discretionary power over speech, to this and future governments.
It is time for @realJagmeetSingh to put partisan politics aside, and ask the @NDP to say no to this wildly overreaching Bill. No government-appointed body can be trusted with powers this sweeping and broad over our speech. Not now, and not ever.
If you haven’t sent a message to your MP calling on them to vote against Bill #C10 yet, you can do so below. There is only one parliamentary vote left, and we need as many voices as possible speaking out against this dangerous Bill before it is too late. https://action.openmedia.org/page/81358/action/1?ea.tracking.id=tw
