Investigators concluded Beijing’s influence attempt didn’t break elections law

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Having foreign countries or foreign people pressure Canadian citizens in any way to vote a particular way.

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The “pressure” in question is social media content - how do you propose legislating that?

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Uncover accounts doing it and trace their funding…

This ain’t rocket science. I am sure Canada has these laws just like any other regime around the world.

Foreign agents don’t get a blank check to operate within a country.

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That assumes they’re operating within the country.

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We regulate social media content all the time. Why would this be any different?

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So…if I were to say online that Donald Trump is an absolute disgrace, and people in the US should vote for his opponent, should I be facing charges in the US? Or maybe my comment should just be nuked?

By no means am I arguing that foreign influence is a good thing, but it’s awfully hard to regulate effectively.

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Probably because it seems to mostly be targeted at Chinese-Canadians on Chinese language platforms that are often hosted in China. Like good luck regulating what happens on Weixin/WeChat.

For stuff like radio and print based in Greater Vancouver, yeah maybe there are some levers to pull, if we could ever decide what exactly is not allowed.

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We regulate social media content all the time

Maybe, but how effective is that in the real world?

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