Mother of Amanda Todd says Carney government’s scaled down online safety effort is ‘not enough’
Mother of Amanda Todd says Carney government’s scaled down online safety effort is ‘not enough’
Carol Todd had been hoping the government would table a new online harms bill
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OTTAWA — The mother of Amanda Todd says the federal Liberal government’s plan to target online harms through Criminal Code changes is “not enough” and wants to see a focus on prevention, including by regulating tech companies.
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Carol Todd, whose daughter’s 2012 death put a spotlight on the scourge of online sextortion, says that given the Liberals’ attempt to pass the Online Harms Act failed to pass Parliament before it was prorogued, she had been hoping the next government would table a new online safety bill.
