STRASBOURG, France (AP) -- Canada became the first non-European country Friday to sign up to combat "cyberhate," the online dissemination of xenophobic propaganda.
Canada signed an additional protocol to the international cybercrime convention, drafted in 2001 by the Council of Europe.
Signed by several dozen countries, including Canada, the United States, South Africa and Japan, the convention names four types of cybercrime: confidentiality offenses, notably breaking into computers; fraud and forgery; content violations, such as child pornography and racism; and copyright offenses.
The treaty aims to speed up international cooperation in investigations and extraditions.
The additional protocol widens the scope of the convention to combat xenophobic propaganda and calls on countries to criminalize its distribution via computer as well as Internet sites that deny or approve of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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