A court has ruled that a controversial Canadian podcaster will have to undergo social media training for his “degrading, demeaning and unprofessional" comments made online, despite saying he had freedom of speech.

Axar.az reports that Jordan Peterson, who is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, came under fire in 2022 over various comments made on Twitter about LGBTQ+ people, a person's weight and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary.

Peterson also made comments about COVID-19 restrictions and his account was suspended until Elon Musk reinstated it, following his purchase of the social media platform.

The College of Psychologists of Ontario received multiple complaints about his conduct in early 2022 and opened an investigation, which led them to conclude Peterson must undergo a media training program.

At the time, the College said Peterson's comments could be seen as “degrading, demeaning and unprofessional," and his conduct posed the risk of "undermining public trust in the profession of psychology, and trust in the college's ability to regulate the profession in the public interest."