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Treat Facebook as broadcaster in 2019 election: professor

News | 03/14/2018 5:35 pm EDT
University of Ottawa assistant law professor Michael Pal speaks during a Q&A session about Facebook and the 2019 federal election on March 14, 2017. Standing immediately next to him are UofO law professors Elizabeth Dubois and Elizabeth Judge (far left). /Wire Report photo by Ahmad Hathout.

OTTAWA Treating social media companies, such as Facebook Inc., as broadcasters could help keep them in line with election regulations and curb unwanted influences resulting from unbalanced perspectives, a law professor at the University of Ottawa argued Wednesday.

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