The Liberal government will direct the CRTC not to regulate user\u002Dgenerated content as it implements the controversial Bill C\u002D11.
Controversy over the regulatory authority the CRTC would have over user-generated content — such as YouTube or TikTok videos posted by Canadians or digital creators — has followed the bill for two years. The Liberal government refused to exclude social media in Bill C-11 itself. Opponents maintained it was important to set the exclusion in law, for reasons including that considering future governments can reverse a policy direction to the CRTC more easily than they can change a law.
The law itself limits the CRTC’s powers over user content to “discoverability” — directing digital platforms to showcase more Canadian content in the movies, TV shows and music they recommend to their users. The social media exclusion in the policy direction would mean those provisions wouldn’t apply to user posts on YouTube, for example, a prospect digital creators who depend on those platforms raised alarm about.
Senior officials said in a technical briefing that an element of the policy direction acknowledges the CRTC could use its discoverability powers in a way that would lead platforms to alter their algorithms, and the idea is to minimize those cases.
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