Bill C-10, Canada's internet censorship bill, passes after 1:30 am vote
(thepostmillennial.com)
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I mean, i would be highly amused if this actually works, but none of us are that naive to believe they would actually enforce it in this case, right?
You underestimate how draconian and power-hungry the CRTC (well, CCC now) is. The political elites may want to enforce it one particular way, but the CRTC are brain-dead rabid dogs, existing only to infect and harm as many as possible, and are being given much longer leashes.
They aren't like the Human Rights Council of Canada or the Language Police. Their goal is to cause as many problems for as many people as possible, unless they're personally bought off. And there won't have been time for them to be bought off by ALL those groups right at the bill's passing.
You've said exactly why it won't become a problem for 'big' tech.
Give it a week and those with deeper pockets will do so. Smaller ones... well, it's business, if bribing officials does not bring you enough influence/$$$ to justify the bribe, shutting off Canada is also a choice for a smaller service/business. Now, IANAL but i doubt Canada can use it's own draconian laws to prosecute a foreign entity in any meaningful manner (cue Google being fined in Russia for a sum big enough to bankrupt literally anyone).