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Late last month \u2013 just weeks prior the national election call \u2013 Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault released plans for online harms legislation with a process\xa0 that was billed as a consultation, but that is probably better characterized as an advisory notice, since there are few questions, options or apparent interest in hearing what Canadians think of the plans. Those plans include the creation of a bureaucratic super-structure that featuring a new Digital Safety Commission, a digital tribunal to rule on content removal, and a social media regulation advisory board. In terms of illegal content, the proposed legislation envisions a myriad of takedown requirements, content filtering, complaints mechanisms, and even website blocking.\nCynthia Khoo is an Associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law in Washington. She is also the author of a ground-breaking Canadian study for LEAF, the Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund, on holding\xa0digital platforms\xa0accountable for technology technology-facilitated gender-based violence. She joins the Law Bytes podcast in a personal capacity to discuss the government\u2019s consultation and her recent report.\nThe podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nCanadian Heritage, Technical Paper on Online Harms\nCredits:\n\nCanada 2020, Democracy in the Digital Age: Addressing Online Harms