Federal government open to new law to fight pandemic misinformation

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 - 06:10 in Mathematics & Economics

The federal government is considering introducing legislation to make it an offence to knowingly spread misinformation that could harm people, says Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc. He told CBC News he is interested in British MP Damian Collins's call for laws to punish those responsible for spreading dangerous misinformation online about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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