Internet and Social Media

CFE and 12 other civil society organizations write Minister of Canadian Heritage outlining shared concerns and hopes for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal.

Recently, Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing was caught accessing deepfake pornography of popular female Twitch streamers, including QTCinderella, Sweet Anita, Pokimane, and Maya Higa.

In Ottawa, the federal Liberal government’s group of 12 experts who considered ways and means of limiting harms on the internet finished their meetings and released their findings this summer. The Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety concluded their 10 meetings on June 10, 2022, and released their findings on July 8, 2022. The federal Liberal government is expected to use the group’s findings when it drafts a new bill to limit online harms.