Good news folks – it looks like Parliamentarians are taking notice of our rapidly growing campaign against Internet censorship in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Thanks to a massive outcry from the pro-Internet community, they’ve invited OpenMedia.ca’s own Steve Anderson to do a presentation for key members of Parliament on the
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Geist: Here’s how MacKay’s resurrection of failed Vic Toews’ spying bill will harm your privacy
Privacy expert Professor Michael Geist appeared on TVO’s The Agenda to discuss Bill C-13 – Peter MacKay’s resurrection of Vic Toews’ failed online spying bill. You’ll want to see what he has to say. Speak out by joining the Protect Our Privacy Coalition today. Article by Michael Geist Earlier this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Globe & Mail: Spy manual tells CSEC workers to be "proud" to work with U.S. agency that spies on Canadians
A spy manual revealed by The Globe and Mail urges new CSEC employees to be “proud” of their partnership with the U.S. NSA – the same NSA that’s systematically collecting your private, personal data. Tell the government it’s time to rein in this out-of-control spy agency at https://openmedia.ca/csec Article by
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: National Post: Let’s fight technologies designed to oppress us, with those that have the potential to liberate us
Technology: liberator, oppressor, or both? The National Post’s Jesse Kline looks back at 2013’s shocking revelations about blanket NSA surveillance of law-abiding citizens – and at how citizen movements like ours are fighting back. Speak out against illegal spying by joining Canada’s largest pro-privacy coalition at http://OurPrivacy.ca Article by Jesse
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Big Telecom thinks it’s above the law – but we can win when we fight back
“I can’t believe the arrogance” – that’s what this Nova Scotia man had to say after needing to hound Bell for months to recover $21,000 they owed him. Last fall, a judge fined Bell the $21k after ruling they illegally accessed his credit report. Despite the court ruling, it still
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: It’s time to ditch the deadweight
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ottawa Citizen: Spy agency admits spying on Canadians
Just before Christmas, government spy agency CSEC finally admitted that it spied on law-abiding Canadians – Canadians who have not consented to give away their private, sensitive information. And that’s a big problem. CSEC’s long overdue admission, which was posted on their website just before Christmas, clearly raises more questions
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Toronto Star: Canada’s spy agencies need tighter control
In this hard-hitting editorial by the Toronto Star, we learn more about how Canada’s spy agency is putting Canadians living abroad at potential risk – and why Canadians should no longer stand for it. Speak out against illegal spying at https://openmedia.ca/csec Article by Toronto Star Editorial Board: Canada’s top spy
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Australians to Canadians: Beware TPP economic fallout
Over 125,000 people – including tens of thousands of Canadians – have now spoken out about the damaging Internet censorship proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). We know from leaked drafts all about how the TPP would make your Internet more expensive, censored, and policed. Now, our friends in Australia
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: 2013: We did all this together, Canada!
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Lindsey Pinto: How we use the Internet to save the Internet
Your small team here at OpenMedia is in the middle of our crucial year-end fundraising drive. We thought it would be a great time to share one of the most popular articles ever posted on this website – Lindsey Pinto’s “How we use the Internet to save the Internet”. Long-time
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Venturebeat: U.S. tech giants create new coalition to rein in government surveillance
Positive news from the U.S. today, where several large tech firms have united to form the Reform Government Surveillance coalition. Tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter say that world governments need to change their surveillance tactics. The new coalition is calling for strict limits on how government spy
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Check out all the citizen letters about TPP Internet censorship publish by local papers in Canada
Secrecy. If one word could sum up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that would be it. The U.S. lobbyists and bureaucrats behind the TPP know their Internet Censorship proposals are so extreme that they’d never survive the light of day. That’s why they’ve been holding round after round of talks in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Financial Post: Internal govt memos highlight need to protect new entrant wireless spectrum from Big Telecom
It looks like our Demand Choice campaign – signed by over 60,000 Canadians – has really had an impact. We launched this campaign to sound the alarm about plans by Big Telecom Rogers to obtain scarce wireless spectrum that had been set-aside for new entrants in 2008. Telecom giant Telus
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: See you in court, Big Telecom
We’re happy to report that your OpenMedia.ca team is intervening on the side of Canadians to protect hard-won cell phone customer protection rules that are under legal threat from Big Telecom conglomerates. Regular readers will know that Big Telecom have gone to federal court to try to delay important parts
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Everybody’s talking about it
We’re off to a great start! Just weeks after the launch of Canada’s largest-ever pro-privacy Coalition, it seems the whole country is demanding answers on the government’s out-of-control surveillance. With op-eds and news articles appearing in what seems like every major national publication, a powerful momentum is building that decision-makers
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Good News – This is what happens when Canadians speak out
Great news from Ontario – the legislative assembly has voted unanimously for customer-friendly new cell phone rules to tackle some of the worst abuses of Big Telecom. The rules, which come into effect next year, will complement the positive new federal rules introduced in June by the CRTC. Under the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canada’s largest national newspaper joins thousands seeking answers about the government’s expensive and out of control spying
It’s been just a week since OpenMedia.ca and the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) announced a constitutional challenge to stop illegal government spying against law-abiding Canadians – and already the response from Canadians has been remarkable. In just seven days, thousands of you from across the country have pledged to
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