Manitoba ISPs must report child porn

According to CTV, the Manitoba government will be introducing legislation to require ISPs to report any detection of child pornography.

Many of the large ISPs have voluntarily started to block access to child abuse content that is identified as part of Project Cleanfeed Canada. This legislation appears to be the first time that ISPs will be required to act.

All kinds of questions that emerge – including provincial authority over what is normally a federal undertaking, that is, telecommunications content; does this represent a change in the traditional common carrier defense for ISPs; etc.

I’ll update with a link to the legislation when it is available.