People in North Korea are denied access to any external media including foreign films and soap operas. Access to television and radio broadcasts and the internet is severely restricted, and telephone calls, which are mostly domestically confined, are monitored.
Technological advancements has made it easier for people in north Korea to access external media, and in response, the report says, authorities are enforcing harsh punishments on those who do.
To wit:
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez yesterday appointed a panel of “experts,” mainly professors, for advice on regulating the internet in Canada. Cabinet has proposed hiring a federal censor to block legal online content deemed hurtful: “I think in some ways this will really help freedom of speech.”
Only a moron would utter that thinking that people would believe it.
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The government is still months away from introducing its promised online harms legislation after missing its self-imposed 100-day deadline in early February.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez shared the news on Wednesday as he announced a newly formed panel of experts who will advise his office as it drafts the new bill.
“We want to get this right — and you know what, together, we will get this right,” Rodriguez said.
How the moron plans on getting this "right":
Here comes the Online News Act… pic.twitter.com/1YbhXl2Uuz
— Michael Geist (@mgeist) March 30, 2022
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The tone for the government’s communication on Bill C-11 was established from the very beginning. In the very first speech from Rodriguez in the House of Commons, he stated “the proposed amendments in the online streaming act regarding social media would not apply to content uploaded by users or to the users themselves.” This too is misleading since there are exceptions to the exception that does mean that the bill may be applied to content uploaded by users, particularly for digital first creators, podcasters, or other streamers who may benefit commercially from their uploads.
Anyone who uploads their podcasts will lose money.
But that is not the real reason why this bill is being pushed:
Federal internet censors should target hurtful words against politicians, says Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. The Minister added pending regulations may include an internet kill switch to block websites deemed hurtful, but called it a “nuclear” option: “News regulations for online platforms are needed.”
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