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Garnett Genuis Conservative
“Harmful and hateful content online is a real problem that we must stop. But people also use words like misinformation to silence opinions they disagree with. We need to be careful with this new agency so it targets truly harmful content without limiting free speech.”
“Madam Speaker, I was getting to it toward the end of my comments. I think the concerns about misinformation, disinformation and hateful content are real and legitimate concerns. I also think that sometimes that language can be used to silence different opinions. Often in debates in this House, I have heard a person make a good-faith, well-reasoned and perhaps true argument, and someone else says it is disinformation or misinformation. There may have been times when those accusations have been levied in lots of different directions. We have to be very careful with the creation of a new agency that would establish standards for regulating harmful content and ensure that it is not being used to limit legitimate speech and debate. At the same time, there is real, genuine harmful content that we obviously want to put a stop to. That is the work that has to be done in striking the right structure to get the work done.”
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Madam Speaker, I was getting to it toward the end of my comments. I think the concerns about misinformation, disinformation and hateful content are real and legitimate concerns. I also think that sometimes that language can be used to silence different opinions. Often in debates in this House, I have heard a person make a good-faith, well-reasoned and perhaps true argument, and someone else says it is disinformation or misinformation. There may have been times when those accusations have been levied in lots of different directions. We have to be very careful with the creation of a new agency that would establish standards for regulating harmful content and ensure that it is not being used to limit legitimate speech and debate. At the same time, there is real, genuine harmful content that we obviously want to put a stop to. That is the work that has to be done in striking the right structure to get the work done.