Previously withheld feedback includes a document from Twitter that warned the proposed framework involving proactive monitoring of content “sacrifices freedom of expression to the creation of a government run system of surveillance of anyone who uses Twitter.”
But the government refused to release the 422 submissions it received. Only those submissions that stakeholders chose to release themselves were available to public and media. Many of those warned the proposal as outlined would infringe privacy and breach Charter rights.Article content In its submission, Twitter said the government’s proposal lacks even “the most basic procedural fairness requirements you might expect from a government-run system such as notice and warning.” It added that the “requirement to ‘share’ information at the request of the Crown is also deeply troubling.”
In its submission, Microsoft told the government that it shouldn’t be up to private companies to determine what’s illegal. Pinterest also weighed in on the consultation. Though it acknowledged its platform “is not a place for politics” and said that it’s not focused on fostering free expression, the company warned about the implications the proposed bill could have on “law-abiding Internet users.”
Canada’s largest telecoms also wrote to the government in a joint submission. Bell, Rogers, Shaw, Telus, Cogeco and Quebecor said they were strongly in support of the government’s move to exempt telecoms from the new legislation.Article content
nationalpost Because tech companies have been so successful at preventing their platforms from perpetuating harms… they have 0 ground to stand on here.