derrickoswald@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
IANL, but just from a position of getting specific policy in place, Tier 1: Universal Rules "Prohibited by Canadian Law " should have a reference to Canadian jurisprudence, just like the “Rule 2: Hate and Discrimination” references laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/…/section-318.html .
Are there no Canadian legal rules around "Rule 1: Violence and Threats ", “Rule 3: Child Safety”, and “Rule 4: Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery”?
It seems these rules, as drafted, are just “nice to have’s” without a corresponding enforcement avenue – assuming of course that all users are subject to Canadian law, which is probably not the case.
otter@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I have collected notes on the legal basis of each point, but we wanted to speak to legal professionals before writing that out officially. Additionally, there is some proposed legislation around online harms, and so we will need to wait before we can write something definitive around that. Depending on what ends up becoming law, we may move some rules down to “Prohibited by Fedecan Policy” instead.
The focus for that section was more to do with what our legal responsibilities are, rather than those of the individual users. We do have users from all around the world.