The Liberal government today is tabling its new bill aimed at addressing “online harms,” and it goes beyond protecting children by targeting other categories of content.

The bill would add a new form of hate crime to the Criminal Code, punishable by up to life in jail, and give up to $20,000 in compensation to victims of online “hate speech.”

Preliminary details of the government’s latest internet legislation were released in a technical briefing from Heritage Canada and the Justice Department on Feb. 26.

It says that Bill C-63 identifies seven different categories of harmful content online.