The goal of my amendment is to protect Internet companies against crime. However, tools must also be provided to protect young people like Rehtaeh Parsons.
It seems to me that what we want to do is not criminalize the organization, the Internet service provider of a social media site like Facebook, but have the tools to ensure that Facebook removes images if required to do so. The way proposed section 162.1 now reads, it's not a question that they won't act, but it's a question that their very existence in disseminating images could result in criminal sanctions. That's why my amendment is exactly taken from the bar association brief. I do appreciate the opportunity to clarify. I think we absolutely have to have the tools. On social media sites, the criminality isn't placing the image there, not in the functionality of a service provider for social media sites.