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View Shannon Stubbs Profile
CPC (AB)
View Shannon Stubbs Profile
2021-06-07 11:12
I think you have spoken about the concept of having a 24-hour takedown rule, so that once it has been notified that material is there, there would be a provision for that. I think that's a good idea. Of course, the trouble is that when child sexual abuse material or non-consensual images have been up for even 24 hours, they can have hundreds or thousands of viewers—millions in the case of Pornhub and MindGeek. We've heard from victims that explicit images of them were online for three years before they found out. In the case of Serena Fleites, hers was shared and downloaded all over her school before she knew. Then she got into a never-ending back and forth to try to get the platforms to be accountable and to take down the materials.
Can you explain or enlighten us about what prevention mechanisms might actually be in place?
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
Minister, would it have been possible to include a provision in Bill C‑10 to regulate platforms like Pornhub so as to finally protect our children, who are going through unspeakable things right now?
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We have had some very disturbing testimony about underage children being exploited by platforms, and we need to take action. You told us you would put in place a new provision, new legislation, which probably won't come into effect for a year, a year and a half. We need to move much, much faster than that. We live in a society where our children are not protected, currently, from web giants.
How are you going to speed up the process? Why couldn't C‑10 close the loophole for now?
View Han Dong Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank you, Minister Guilbeault, for coming to the committee today and talking about a very important topic.
First of all, I want to go back to your opening statement. You cited an increase of xenophobia and Islamophobia in behaviours or speeches online over the recent months. As a member of the Asian-Canadian community, I observe and witness first-hand some of these intolerable behaviours online.
I have to say that the pandemic is changing people's socialized behaviour. More and more, people are spending time on social media. Then we have some of these bad actors using various platforms, seeing them as tools of disguise, seeing them as a protection, and also utilizing bots and trolls and saying all kinds of things they otherwise wouldn't say in public.
You mentioned that children in the country are being victimized, and the platforms are not doing anything. That's precisely what we are talking about today.
We know that social media companies, including the one we are doing a study on, have been acting unilaterally and opaquely. Sometimes they introduce half measures after public pressure, but they haven't been serious about consulting with industry experts and listening to the recommendations of the audience and the groups of victims.
In your opinion, what can the giants do to respect Canadians' will and Canadian law in terms of protecting the general public? It's in their best interest as well, because that's their audience and their client base. A very few bad actors are contaminating the online environment.
Can you talk a little about that?
View Arnold Viersen Profile
CPC (AB)
Thank you, Minister.
Have you watched any of the testimony that we heard from the victims before this committee?
View Arnold Viersen Profile
CPC (AB)
All right. Many of them talked about how non-consensual videos of them were put up and, overnight, had millions of views. How do you intend to combat that with a 24-hour takedown notice?
View Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Profile
BQ (QC)
Sorry to interrupt you, but I'm running out of time and I have two more questions.
Why do the RCMP's responses make the process cumbersome?
You said that non‑consensual content can be removed. It's expensive and complicated, but it's possible.
As legislators, what do we need to fulfill our role?
View Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Profile
BQ (QC)
As you said, once the damage is done, the process of removing the content is extremely difficult. There are delays and uploads involved.
What do you think of the right to be forgotten that several countries use?
View Marie-Hélène Gaudreau Profile
BQ (QC)
At the end of the day, the entire international community must be aware of this new way of operating online. People, both young and old, must be informed. They must be warned. Certain measures must be implemented, including the process for accessing service providers and the web.
View Charlie Angus Profile
NDP (ON)
Thank you.
Mr. DeBarber, I'd like to go back to the issue of how these images are promoted and exploited and can be found in search engines. One of our survivors said that she has tried again and again and again to deal with police, to deal with anyone, to get her thumbnails and all that information. Even though the video has been taken down, it's still out there. It's still available.
Are there not simple tools we can apply so that when something is taken down, it's actually removed, so that we have the right of survivors not to be harassed by what's still there?
View Chris Warkentin Profile
CPC (AB)
We'll move to a vote on the amendment.
Madam Clerk, I'm wondering if you'll run through the roll call for the purposes of the vote on the amendment. This is Mr. Dong's amendment. Then we'll vote on the main motion.
(Amendment agreed to: yeas 10; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 10; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
The Chair: Members, that's very helpful. I'm glad we can do that.
Of course, next week our meetings are scheduled to be the review of the report on pandemic spending. I think Mrs. Shanahan may have some suggestions for meetings in the week that follows.
Mrs. Shanahan.
View Anthony Housefather Profile
Lib. (QC)
I wasn't arguing that; I was actually arguing the contrary. I was saying that beyond illegal content, social media providers will frequently say that certain things cannot be posted that are racist but that are not illegal and not hate speech. Their actual rules go beyond just legality. Isn't that correct?
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