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The Trudeau Liberals’ ‘clear overreach’ to control the internet: Full Comment with Anthony Furey

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The federal Liberals probably never predicted that their efforts at internet regulation would see Silicon Valley comparing them to regimes in Iran, China and North Korea, but here we are. Website blocking, government-ordered takedowns and regulating YouTubers are just some of the alarming ideas coming out of Ottawa recently. Michael Geist, a professor of internet law at the University of Ottawa, joins Anthony Furey this week to talk about the dangers these approaches pose to speech rights and other Canadian freedoms, and why the Liberals seem so intent on putting government controls on the online world.  (Recorded April 28, 2022)

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