OTTAWA: The world's major social media companies are not doing enough to help Canada combat potential foreign meddling in this October's elections and the government might have to regulate them, the cabinet minister in charge of ensuring a fair vote said on Monday.
Asked whether Ottawa could regulate the companies, Gould said Canada would"need to look at other mechanisms" if it did not see enough progress, and noted that Britain proposed a social media regulator on Monday. Earlier Monday, the Communications Signals Establishment , responsible for foreign signals intelligence and protecting Canadian government electronic information and communication networks, released a report into likely foreign interference in the elections but did not mention any specific threat from Russia.U.S. intelligence officials and the governments of some European Union countries have accused Russia of interfering in their elections in recent years, allegations denied by Moscow.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said last week she was"very concerned" about possible Russian interference in the voting and that there"have probably already been efforts by malign foreign actors to disrupt our democracy".
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