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A new wave of global censorship for 1984 is spooling up via
UN and other cunt entities including Jacinda Ardern and Melanie Joly

If you're not fighting back against these asshole tyrants
in some way every single day, you are LOSING, because
their fight against you never stops, ever in history.




Canada Launches UN Declaration Targeting Online 'Disinformation'

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/canada-launches-un-declaration-targeting-online-disinformation-5496872
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/09/joint-statement-by-canada-and-the-netherlands-on-the-launch-of-the-global-declaration-on-information-integrity-online.html
https://epaper.nationalpost.com/article/281595245146720
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/peace_security-paix_securite/declaration_information_integrity-integrite.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/rapid-response-mechanism-mecanisme-reponse-rapide/index.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/g7/documents/2018-06-09-defending_democracy-defense_democratie.aspx?lang=eng
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/crtc-releases-plan-to-implement-online-news-act-5480135
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/feds-say-online-news-act-could-bring-in-over-200m-a-year-from-tech-giants-5484892
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/how-canadians-might-get-around-the-facebook-news-ban-5451159
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/google-blocks-rollout-of-ai-chatbot-bard-in-canada-5397186
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/in-depth-bill-c-11-is-now-law-what-does-it-do-5228684
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/in-depth-now-that-bill-c-11-has-passed-what-other-proposed-legislation-could-regulate-online-content-5232905

Authored by Amanda Brown via The Epoch Times

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has launched a United Nations
declaration that calls for action to protect what it calls
"information integrity" and to tackle "disinformation."
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaks with reporters in the
foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 27, 2023. (The
Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

Ms. Joly launched the Global Declaration on Information Integrity
Online jointly with Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Hanke Bruins Slot
during the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 20.

“Information integrity is essential to help ensure the strength of
democratic processes and to protect fundamental rights,” says a joint
statement by Canada and the Netherlands.

“The erosion of information integrity, including the propagation of
disinformation, weakens the strength of democratic engagement.”

In a speech on Sept. 20, Ms. Joly said the declaration is a “concrete
step toward establishing global norms on disinformation,
misinformation, and information integrity,” the National Post
reported.

Speaking to the U.N. on the same day, Ms. Bruins Slot said the
emerging online environment makes it difficult to determine what is
and what is not truthful.

“Every day, the world is flooded with disinformation and
misinformation. Rapid advances in technology—particularly generative
AI—make it more and more difficult to tell fact from fiction,” she
said.

Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia,
Japan, and South Korea are among the 30 countries that have signed the
declaration.

The declaration promotes concepts such as respect for "the right to
freedom of opinion and expression, and the freedom to seek, receive,
and impart information."

It says signatories need to "take active steps to address
misinformation and disinformation targeted at women, LGBTIQ+ persons,
persons with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples."

It also calls on signatories to "refrain from unduly restricting human
rights online, especially the freedom of opinion and expression, under
the guise of countering disinformation," and to "promote and respect
pluralistic media and journalism, and protect access to media content
as one measure to counter disinformation."
Multiple Strategies

In recent years, the federal government has initiated a number of
projects to counter “misinformation,” “disinformation” and what it
considers extremist ideologies.

Some initiatives are the result of international collaborative efforts
to shape the flow of information, and others have been conceived
closer to home.

Canada's participation in the Rapid Response Mechanism, established by
G7 leaders at the 2018 G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, monitors the
digital information environment. Its goal is to encourage cooperation
among member countries to provide a coordinated response to "foreign
state-sponsored disinformation" and the “evolving foreign threats to
democracy.”

The Liberal government has enacted legislation to shape the
information space, with bills C-18 and C-11 being passed in recent
months.

The Online News Act, Bill C-18, which passed in June, has been framed
as an attempt to defend democracy by bolstering the coffers of
flailing legacy media with money from Big Tech.

In reaction to the new legislation, Meta has restricted Canadians’
access to news content in their feeds, to avoid sharing revenue with
media outlets. Google has threatened to take action but hasn't yet.

The Liberal government also passed Bill C-11, the Online Streaming
Act, in order to boost Canadian content and to regulate some aspects
of online streaming and social media.

A new bill to address "online harms" is also in the works, but it does
not appear to be a legislative priority for the government at this
time.