In January, a public inquiry into foreign election interference raised concerns about the threat of hostile nations, such as China and Russia, meddling in Canada’s democracy.
While these worries are well founded, Canadians should be equally concerned about the threat posed by our southern neighbour and erstwhile closest ally, the United States, whose tech companies control nearly all our digital public infrastructure, and whose leaders are increasingly aligned with a second Donald Trump administration which poses a direct threat to Canadian sovereignty.
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Throughout most of their history, the major social media platforms have generally reflected this democratic spirit, including strong attitudes toward freedom of expression and a general reticence against appearing politically partisan.
Increasing authoritarianism in the U.S.
But that era is now at an end and Canadians need to be clear-eyed about the danger that American social media platforms will abuse their enormous power and influence to undermine Canadian democracy.
Wasting the Governments time to legislate pissing off a Billionaire Man Baby is not a productive use of time. Especially when the problem is American tech companies being balls deep in every level of the Canadian Government.
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I guess we all better make sure to sign that petition to ban X! That will fix everything!
Even if it did nothing more than piss off fElon, it would be worth it (I say as an American).
Wasting the Governments time to legislate pissing off a Billionaire Man Baby is not a productive use of time. Especially when the problem is American tech companies being balls deep in every level of the Canadian Government.