Canadian Bill S-209: Difference between revisions
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The first defence, in plain English, says that a company CANNOT use the defence that they ''thought'' someone was over the age of 18, having not used the Age Verification or Age Estimation services. The second defence is more easy to read, and prohibits the conviction of an offence of 'making available' 'pornographic content' for the legitimate purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts. | The first defence, in plain English, says that a company CANNOT use the defence that they ''thought'' someone was over the age of 18, having not used the Age Verification or Age Estimation services. The second defence is more easy to read, and prohibits the conviction of an offence of 'making available' 'pornographic content' for the legitimate purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts. | ||
This sounds great, however in Canadian Law, defences can only be claimed ''after'' a charge has been laid. So an organization who provides such material for a purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts, | This sounds great, however in Canadian Law, defences can only be claimed ''after'' a charge has been laid. So an organization who provides such material for a purpose of science, medicine, education, or arts, must be brought to a federal court first to them lay their defence. But as described in the next section, there are some steps that must be taken before anyone goes to court. | ||
==Progression of Regulation, with an example.== | ==Progression of Regulation, with an example.== | ||
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