Canada might start fining people up to $50,000 for online hate | Wakingup1984
Canada might start fining people up to $50,000 for online hate speech
According to a new report from CBC, the proposed law would carry a fine of up to $20,000 Canadian (around $16,000 in the US) for the first offense. Repeat offenders would be subject to a fine of up to $50,000 Canadian (about $40,000 in the US), making this law particularly aggressive towards people’s wallets...
Also important to note is the fact that this law doesn’t propose any action towards platforms that hate speech is posted to. Instead, this Canadian legislation would focus on the individual...
