Canada's Digital Charter

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed May 22, 2019 3:38 pm

The 10 principles of the Charter
1. Universal Access:
All Canadians will have equal opportunity to participate in the digital world and the necessary tools to do so, including access, connectivity, literacy and skills.
2. Safety and Security:
Canadians will be able to rely on the integrity, authenticity and security of the services they use and should feel safe online.
3. Control and Consent:
Canadians will have control over what data they are sharing, who is using their personal data and for what purposes, and know that their privacy is protected.
4. Transparency, Portability and Interoperability:
Canadians will have clear and manageable access to their personal data and should be free to share or transfer it without undue burden.
5. Open and Modern Digital Government:
Canadians will be able to access modern digital services from the Government of Canada, which are secure and simple to use.
6. A Level Playing Field:
The Government of Canada will ensure fair competition in the online marketplace to facilitate the growth of Canadian businesses and affirm Canada's leadership on digital and data innovation, while protecting Canadian consumers from market abuses.
7. Data and Digital for Good:
The Government of Canada will ensure the ethical use of data to create value, promote openness and improve the lives of people—at home and around the world.
8. Strong Democracy:
The Government of Canada will defend freedom of expression and protect against online threats and disinformation designed to undermine the integrity of elections and democratic institutions.
9. Free from Hate and Violent Extremism:
Canadians can expect that digital platforms will not foster or disseminate hate, violent extremism or criminal content.
10. Strong Enforcement and Real Accountability:
There will be clear, meaningful penalties for violations of the laws and regulations that support these principles.

https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/062.nsf/eng/h_00108.html

Number 2 is garbage. You should not feel safe on the internet. If you are stupid enough to bank online, it should be legal to steal your money. If you are stupid enough to put photos online, it should be legal to blackmail you with those photos. Governments of the RL need to stop thinking they have control over the real internet. People should not trust the internet or any other companies on the internet.

Disinformation, hate, violent extremism or criminal content are the entire reason that the internet exists. So Principles 8 and 9 are in direct contradiction to principle 1.

Is it just me or does principle 7 reek of social engineering?

by **HitRed** on Wed May 22, 2019 4:12 pm

11. Environmentally Friendly - All electricity used and emails will be carbon neutral

by **mrswdk** on Wed May 22, 2019 4:17 pm

12. Beaver friendly.

by **DoomYoshi** on Wed May 22, 2019 4:29 pm

Since Bruce Jenner won Gold in '76.

I realize this response no longer makes sense since you edited your post.

So:
13. Sex-changes should be permissable for all internet personae (henceforth known as avatars or usernames)

by **mrswdk** on Wed May 22, 2019 4:32 pm

14. Freedom to edit posts.
Including the right to delete racist and anti-Semitic tweets you posted when you were younger because you don't want them to damage your already-shaky political career by exposing you for the bigot you are when a journalist stumbles across them in the course of researching something other scandal you were involved in.
Justin Trudeau is 47 years old.

by **saxitoxin** on Thu May 23, 2019 1:00 am

mrswdk wrote:14. Freedom to edit posts.
Including the right to delete racist and anti-Semitic tweets you posted when you were younger because you don't want them to damage your already-shaky political career by exposing you for the bigot you are when a journalist stumbles across them in the course of researching something other scandal you were involved in.

Your political career isn't that shaky, is it?

by **mrswdk** on Thu May 23, 2019 6:26 am

saxitoxin wrote:
mrswdk wrote:14. Freedom to edit posts.
Including the right to delete racist and anti-Semitic tweets you posted when you were younger because you don't want them to damage your already-shaky political career by exposing you for the bigot you are when a journalist stumbles across them in the course of researching something other scandal you were involved in.

Your political career isn't that shaky, is it?

It's more that my old tweets are that racist.