Canada needs wartime #censorship of internet, @MelanieJoly tells MPs: "My mandate as @CanadaFP Minister is really to counter propaganda online" https://t.co/EHzk3Tt8Mt #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/HyX1yiXrSW
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Western Standard: Foreign Minister calls for censorship of Russian disinformation
Russia Today has already been banned from from cable and satellite services, but Melanie Joly says ‘we need to do more’
The federal government must regulate the internet in Canada to curb Russian disinformation, as a federal ban on Russian-funded television does not go far enough, said Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly.
“We’ve banned Russia Today and Sputnik on the broadcasting side,” Joly testified at the House of Commons foreign affairs committee.
“We’ve pushed digital platforms to also ban them but we need to do more.”
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WNU Editor: After telling my friends and family in Russia that they should download a VPN onto their digital devices, it looks like I will need to do the same in Canada.