http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/15/canadian-province-regulates-political-blogs/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/15/canadian-province-regulates-political-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-137056 More on Electoral Laws and Blogs » The Bartlett Diaries Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:30:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/04/15/canadian-province-regulates-political-blogs/#comment-137056 [...] A story in the Blog Herald mentions developments in this area in Canada which directly affect bloggers: “people in the Canadian Province of British Columbia who blog on an upcoming referendum are being required to register with Elections BC, a Government body which runs elections in the province. Terminal City reports any party supporting one side or the other have to register under referendum regulations and that potentially after April 19, anyone posting their views on a blog on the outcome of the provincial election being held at the same time may have to register with Elections BC under the Election Act as well.” Whilst blogs weren’t specifically mentioned by the Australian Government when they flagged a new requirement to have authorisations on political websites, they would very likely be affected. This Canadian example will be worth following to see how (and if) it works in practice. [...] [...] A story in the Blog Herald mentions developments in this area in Canada which directly affect bloggers: “people in the Canadian Province of British Columbia who blog on an upcoming referendum are being required to register with Elections BC, a Government body which runs elections in the province. Terminal City reports any party supporting one side or the other have to register under referendum regulations and that potentially after April 19, anyone posting their views on a blog on the outcome of the provincial election being held at the same time may have to register with Elections BC under the Election Act as well.” Whilst blogs weren’t specifically mentioned by the Australian Government when they flagged a new requirement to have authorisations on political websites, they would very likely be affected. This Canadian example will be worth following to see how (and if) it works in practice. [...]

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