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Will Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover have ‘big implications’ for Canada’s upcoming online harms bill? | Toronto Star

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Published: 11 November 2022

November 9, 2022 | Professor Tyler Owen weighed in the coming bill, sayingCanada should look at how other jurisdictionshave handled Musk’s “convulsions.” For example, the European Union has passed a Digital Services Act last summer that would require tech giants to monitor their platforms for harmful content.

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter comes as Canada is preparing to introduce what promises to be a highly contentious online safety bill, which would impose hard and fast rules on social media platforms to curb the rise in harmful content littering the internet. Meaning Musk's vision for Twitter could lead to some "big implications" for both the platform and his country.

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