The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy presented a virtual roundtable to discuss initial reactions to the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) by five members of the Expert Advisory Group on Online Safety to the Government of Canada.
The panel was hosted by Taylor Owen, Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, and Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Calgary.
The featured panellists:
Amarnath Amarasingam, Assistant Professor in the School of Religion and Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Expert in terrorism, radicalization and extremism, conspiracy theories, and online communities.
Heidi Tworek, Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy at UBC, and director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Expert in history and policy around communications, especially on the effects of new media technologies on democracy.
Vivek Krishnamurthy, Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School and Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic. Expert in public policy and the intersection of human rights and technology.
This is the first in a series of conversations we will be having on the bill as the legislative process moves forward.
View the full recording of the event on our YouTube channel.