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Garth Davies, Associate professor, Criminology, Simon Fraser University

Regulating online hate will have unintended, but predictable, consequences

Online hate speech can fuel offline violence. (Shutterstock)

The Canadian government is currently holding consultations on a new online hate bill. This bill would update Bill C-36, which addresses hate propaganda, hate crimes and hate speech; the amendment died following the election call last year.

Hate propagated on social media and other online spaces has grown exponentially in the past couple of years, driven to a significant degree by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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