e-4700 (Justice)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Measures currently in place to protect Canadians from the dissemination of non-consensual pornography may fall short and be out of pace with technological advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI);
- With the rise of programs and applications augmented by AI, images and videos, virtually indistinguishable from reality, can be generated for distribution without consent;
- Canada’s determination of what constitutes an intimate image may not cover this AI-generated intimate content and may open Canadians to attack without legal protection;
- Existing criminal laws were enacted to protect vulnerable Canadians, particularly young women, from the distribution of non-consensual digital content;
- In 2013, Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17-year-old Nova Scotian, tragically died after an attempted suicide when classmates electronically disseminated photographs of her being allegedly gang raped;
- In 2012, a 15-year-old British Columbia girl, Amanda Todd, committed suicide after experiencing assault, extreme bullying and blackmail related to the non-consensual online distribution of photos of her breasts; and
- Now, further protections must be implemented to reduce the gap between technological advances and the outpaced ability of Canadian lawmakers to protect vulnerable Canadians from the dissemination of non-consensual digital content.
- Open for signature
- November 23, 2023, at 11:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 22, 2024, at 11:20 a.m. (EDT)
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 169 |
British Columbia | 100 |
Manitoba | 22 |
New Brunswick | 18 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 11 |
Northwest Territories | 4 |
Nova Scotia | 16 |
Ontario | 258 |
Prince Edward Island | 1 |
Quebec | 42 |
Saskatchewan | 40 |