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Investigators concluded Beijing's influence attempt didn't break elections law

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Having foreign countries or foreign people pressure Canadian citizens in any way to vote a particular way.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (9 children)

The "pressure" in question is social media content - how do you propose legislating that?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Uncover accounts doing it and trace their funding...

This ain't rocket science. I am sure Canada has these laws just like any other regime around the world.

Foreign agents don't get a blank check to operate within a country.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That assumes they're operating within the country.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 3 months ago

True but based on recent history in US, the effective ops we need to worry about theu use "domestic" useful idiots and domsetics companies to funnel the money. Even usefull idiots know not to take foreign money.

Think Tim pool and Lauren southern types.

But yeah random tankie posting from NK office is not reachable but their clout is also limited.

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