Episode 195: Vivek Krishnamurthy on What You Need to Know About the Online Harms Act

Published: March 11, 2024, 10 a.m.

The Online Harms Act is the culmination of years of public debate over whether \u2013 or how \u2013 the government should establish a regulatory framework for Internet platforms in dealing with online harms. Bill C-63 is already attracting considerable controversy, particularly over proposed changes to the Criminal Code and the Human Rights Act. To help unpack the bill, Vivek Krishnamurthy, an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Law School, joins this week\u2019s Law Bytes podcast. Vivek is a former colleague and Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and he served as a Commissioner on the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression and was a member of the government\u2019s Expert Panel on Online Harms.