Libre Solutions Network on Nostr: The Liberal Party of Canada has announced extreme measures to 'combat disinformation' ...
The Liberal Party of Canada has announced extreme measures to 'combat disinformation' in their new policy proposalCombatting Disinformation in Canada
Whereas the United Nations Secretary-General recognizes disinformation as an “existential risk to humanity.”
Whereas online information sources are the source of most disinformation aimed at and/or available to Canadians.
Whereas those who produce misinformation seek to undermine trust in people and institutions, including mainstream media and governments.
Whereas one recent poll found 44% Canadians believe much of the information from news organizations is false and 71% believe official government accounts of events are untrustworthy.
Whereas the demand for information 24/7 has increased the need for programming contemporaneously with the loss of advertising revenue to on-line platforms.
Whereas to reduce costs, mainstream media no longer employs as many reporters with extensive knowledge of particular subject areas, and fills content with opinion programming rather than news, and
Whereas the result has devalued mainstream media as a source of news and information.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Liberal Party of Canada:
- Request the Government provide additional public funds to support advertisement-free news and information reporting by Canadian media through an arm’s-length non-partisan mechanism.
- Request the Government explore options to hold on-line information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced.#Censorship #Canada
RE: https://mas.to/users/mgeist/statuses/110316552909498312
Whereas the United Nations Secretary-General recognizes disinformation as an “existential risk to humanity.”
Whereas online information sources are the source of most disinformation aimed at and/or available to Canadians.
Whereas those who produce misinformation seek to undermine trust in people and institutions, including mainstream media and governments.
Whereas one recent poll found 44% Canadians believe much of the information from news organizations is false and 71% believe official government accounts of events are untrustworthy.
Whereas the demand for information 24/7 has increased the need for programming contemporaneously with the loss of advertising revenue to on-line platforms.
Whereas to reduce costs, mainstream media no longer employs as many reporters with extensive knowledge of particular subject areas, and fills content with opinion programming rather than news, and
Whereas the result has devalued mainstream media as a source of news and information.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Liberal Party of Canada:
- Request the Government provide additional public funds to support advertisement-free news and information reporting by Canadian media through an arm’s-length non-partisan mechanism.
- Request the Government explore options to hold on-line information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced.#Censorship #Canada
RE: https://mas.to/users/mgeist/statuses/110316552909498312
quoting note1skp…funxThe initial reaction to the Liberal party’s proposal to “limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced” focuses on press sources. But it could also include posts and articles on Internet platforms, leading to widespread censorship.
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Liberal Party Policy Proposal Would Limit Online Publication to Material “Whose Sources Can Be Traced”
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/05/liberal-party-policy-proposal-would-limit…
https://twitter.com/mgeist/status/1654465969472045057
