Justice committee  I will very briefly address one question: If section 13 is brought back, should there be a threshold? There absolutely has to be. I'll rephrase the numbers I gave you. Every second, there are 6,000 tweets. Every second, there are 521,000 Facebook posts. There is no court, no quas

Justice committee  Different jurisdictions have different requirements, but probably the best known is the European Union's Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. It's modest in its scope because it is transnational, but it requires social media organizations to report how many r

Justice committee  Any abridgement of freedom of expression must, therefore, be only the barest minimum necessary to preserve the dignity and security of citizens. We believe that Canadian laws defining illicit hate speech are sufficient for that purpose, and the scope of proscribed speech need no

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee members, the Mosaic Institute is grateful for the opportunity to participate in your deliberations on online hate. We recognize that your time is limited, and that you must be selective about the organizations you invite to appear. Thank you for i

Justice committee  Thank you.