Justin Trudeau Wants ‘Significant Penalties’ for Social Media ‘Hate Speech’

12/17/2019

Canada is one of the signatories of the "Christchurch Call to Action," a collective demand from various nation-states for social media companies to clamp down on "extremism." The United States publicly refused to sign, citing free speech concerns. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, recently made infamous over resurfaced blackface photos, has instructed his ministers to create new legislation aimed at tackling "hate speech" on social media.