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Quebec television personality calls for tougher legislation on identify theft
Bill 24 would let Quebec regulators quickly order takedowns and impose fines of up to $125,000 on companies.
- Marie-Claude Barrette testified Wednesday in Quebec City before a legislature committee on Bill 24, calling for stronger laws against online identity theft after she and other public figures were victimized by scammers.
- Several Quebec public figures, including Cloutier and Normand Brathwaite, recently experienced identity theft when scammers used their faces and voices without consent to promote bogus cryptocurrency and weight-loss products.
- Seeking a class-action lawsuit against Meta, Barrette said she filed complaints with the social media giant to no avail. "Facebook doesn't care & I've lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because I dared to take on Facebook," she said.
- Under the proposed Bill, individuals face fines up to $62,500 and companies $125,000, with non-compliance potentially triggering Superior Court proceedings and criminal charges.
- Fraud prevention consultant Sylvain Paquette urged strengthening the Bill by requiring website registration in Quebec and reversing proof burdens, arguing the province is a "haven for fraudsters" due to resident trust.
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Quebec television personality calls for tougher legislation on identify theft
QUÉBEC - A Quebec television personality is calling for tougher laws against online fraudsters and identity thieves after she and other public figures were victimized.
·Toronto, Canada
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Victims of identity usurpation "go so far as to take away life," lamented Marie-Claude Barrette, who calls for a tougher law against online identity thieves and fraudsters.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left11Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution79% Left
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- 79% of the sources lean Left
79% Left
L 79%
C 21%
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