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FRIENDS has been calling for the federal government to do more to tackle online harm. For too long, platforms like Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Pornhub have been able to publish and illegal content in Canada with impunity.
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A panel discussion with Members of Parliament Charlie Angus (NDP MP for Timmins — James Bay), Iqra Khalid (Liberal MP for Mississauga — Erin Mills) and Bob Zimmer (CPC MP for Prince George — Peace River — Northern Rockies) with Daniel Bernhard (Executive Director, FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting) Adelina Petit-Vouriot (Research Manager, The Samara Centre for Democracy), Dr. Heidi Tworek (associate professor of international history and public policy at UBC) and Dr. Chris Tenove (Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at UBC).
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New report Platform for Harm to be discussed by expert panel today.
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