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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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