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Manitoba bill takes aim at deepfakes, election disinformation, voter misdirection - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

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Manitoba government puts forward a bill aimed at cracking down on election disinformation.

The bill proposes several provisions against deliberate attempts to undermine confidence in elections.

Penalties include fines of up to $10,000 and a year in jail.

Bill is partly a response to a report last year from chief electoral officer Shipra Verma .

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