At the recent G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, Justin Trudeau announced that the Canadian government desires regulating online “harassment and violence.” In addition, Trudeau said that Canada’s social media platforms are obligated to“address online harassment and violence to ensure trust in technology.”
“While always ensuring and defending free speech, we must make it clear that it cannot be OK to bully and attack people online,” Trudeau added.
Per a report by Christina Maas of Reclaim the Net, the G7 summit in Germany, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said to his fellow interior and security ministers that addressing disinformation is of the utmost importance. On November 17, 2022, Mendicino tweeted that “the G7 stands united” on the issue of “addressing the rise of mis and disinformation online.”
Subsequently, on November 19, Mendicino tweeted that Canada will host a G7 summit in 2023 to combat “disinformation.”