Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to Senate
News | 03/03/2022 9:10 am EST
The CRTC cannot direct internet service providers (ISPs) to implement age verification techniques on pornographic websites in Canada, because the regulator must adhere to the principles of net neutrality – the concept that all traffic on the internet should be given equal treatment by ISPs – according to the commission’s chief of consumer, research and communications.