/newsroom/taxonomy/term/17629/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-canadas-new-online-harms-bill-355847 <p>The Liberal government is proposing heavier sentences, new regulatory bodies and changes to a number of laws in new legislation to tackle online abuse. The Online Harms Act proposes to police seven categories of harmful content online. Those categories include content used to bully a child and content that encourages a child to harm themselves. They also include hate speech, content that incites violence or terrorism, content that sexualizes children or victims of sexual violence, and sexual content that is posted without consent.</p> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:54:09 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 308860 at /newsroom