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Hate speech laws in Canada include provisions in the federal Criminal Code, as well as statutory provisions relating to hate publications in three provinces and one territory. The Criminal Code creates criminal offences with respect to different aspects of hate propaganda, although without defining the term "hatred".
Canada did increase the ability to seize and remove hate propaganda from the Internet and new penalties for damage to religious property in connection to terrorism and hate speech. [36]: 158–159 Despite the War Measures Act, the federal cabinet has power to censor the media by declaring a war emergency or an international emergency.
The law amends the Criminal Code by adding "gender identity or expression" to the definition of "identifiable group" in section 318 of the Code. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Section 318 makes it a criminal offence to advocate or promote genocide against members of an identifiable group, which now includes gender identity or gender expression.
Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act was a provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act dealing with hate messages. The provision prohibited online communications which were "likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt" on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination (such as race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, etc.).
The hate speech laws in Poland punish those who offend the feelings of the religious by e.g. disturbing a religious ceremony or creating public calumny. They also prohibit public expression that insults a person or a group on account of national, ethnic, racial, or religious affiliation or the lack of a religious affiliation. [77]
While legislative changes can play a role in combating disinformation and hate propaganda, any changes in the law must be "minimally invasive" and balanced out with non-legal avenues for tackling ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will soon unveil measures to crack down on online extremism following the killing of a Muslim family, a crime that police said was inspired by hate, a government minister ...
Adds sexual orientation to offences of hate propaganda and advocating genocide Status: In force An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda) , ( French : Loi modifiant le Code criminel (propagande haineuse) , also known as Bill C-250 during the second and third sessions of the 37th Canadian parliament ) is an Act of the Parliament of ...