Yet another prominent Washington, D.C. building shows off our hard-hitting message. Go to http://StopTheSecrecy.net to keep the momentum building! read more
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OpenMedia.ca: The Tyee: How this citizen-backed group is creating change on the digital frontier of democracy.
Our own Steve Anderson says it best: “the Internet can be a hugely powerful tool in empowering citizens to shape policies that work for all of us”. Check out this great piece about what we do every day here at OpenMedia. If you’re in the Vancouver area, you can sign
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Motherboard: Canada Won’t Escape the FCC’s Gutting of Net Neutrality
Canadians have everything to fear if proposed U.S. FCC rule changes around net neutrality go through. We rely on net neutrality to have an open, innovative, and democratic Internet, and the FCC stands ready to destroy all of that. Have you let your friends and family know about the importance
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Voices/Voix: The government spied on this child advocate
Cindy Blackstock is an advocate with the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society. After filing a Human Rights complaint against Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, she discovered that she was under surveillance for speaking out. Check out this video from Voices/Voix about Cindy’s experience of being spied on. read
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: They’re doing this in secret
Join over 2.8 million people helping to Stop the Secrecy around the TPP. Go to http://stopthesecrecy.net and let all your friends know. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Watch: Net neutrality and the open Internet under threat
A potential new ruling from the FCC threatens to destroy net neutrality, marking the beginning of the end of the open Internet. Check out what our own Steve Anderson had to say about what this all means on CBC’s the National. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: the bat signal strikes again!
The bat signal strikes again! We’re projecting a hard-hitting message on prominent Washington, D.C. buildings to Stop the Secrecy around the TPP. What message would you like to send to TPP negotiators? read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: iPolitics: Vancouver group OpenMedia calls on Harper, Obama to release TPP text
We’ve been fighting hard to Stop the Secrecy at the TPP negotiations, and our efforts are having a strong effect. Over 2.8 million people have signed on to help us project a hard-hitting message on prominent Washington, D.C. buildings. Have you gone to http://stopthesecrecy.net and signed on yet? Article by
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your OpenMedia team is now on Tumblr!
Our Stop the Secrecy campaign launched Tuesday – and already we’re having a major impact, with over 2.8 million people calling for an end to the secrecy surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We’ve just launched our hard-hitting “bat signal” in Washington D.C., and we thought what better way to share these
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Check it out: our first Stop The Secrecy projection in Washington, DC
This is just the start of the Stop The Secrecy campaign’s projections in Washington D.C. They will get bigger and brighter as more people speak out! read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: 2.7 Million are united to stop the secrecy around the TPP
Our message to #TPP negotiators is making huge waves in Washington. Over 2.7 million people joined our growing chorus to Stop the Secrecy around the TPP. Last night, we projected your hard-hitting message on to a prominent building in Washington, D.C. Let’s keep the momentum going: LIKE, SHARE, and stay
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Help stop secrecy at the TPP negotiations now.
Right now, Obama is meeting with leaders in Asia to finalize the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Stop the secrecy at the TPP
An Internet censorship plan is being finalized in secret meetings right now. Obama himself is in secretive meetings with key political figures and lobbyists in Asia to lock the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Internet censorship plan into place. We know we can stop this – but we need to act right now.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Motherboard: Bills C-13, S-4 are in like a Lion. Let’s send them out like a lamb.
Remember CISPA, the U.S. bill that aimed to give the NSA carte blanche for spying on American citizens? Add a dose of steroids and you’ve got Canada’s Bill S-4. Concerned? Let us know in the comments and help us fight back at http://OurPrivacy.ca Article by Jason Koebler for Motherboard Earlier
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Cord-cutting continues as Canadians ditch TV & landlines
More and more Canadians are ditching Big Telecom’s price gouging on phone and TV services. What about you? Article from The CBC More Canadians are abandoning traditional telephones and TV services, reflecting a growing trend prompted by changing lifestyles, according to a new study. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Our image about what the copyright implications of TPP negotiations could cost you
Ever burned a DVD to your computer? Got a spare $10,000 kicking around? No? Then you’d better pay attention to the upcoming TPP negotiations. LIKE and SHARE to keep that cool 10 grand in your pocket. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Canadians’ mental-health info routinely shared with FBI, U.S. customs
Have you ever phoned a suicide hotline for yourself or someone close to you? Accessed crisis services for a mental illness? Your private mental health information may have been shared with U.S. Customs and the FBI and can be used to deny you entry into the U.S. Does that sound
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Something BIG is coming
Here’s your OpenMedia team hard at work on something BIG. No spoilers… stay tuned for Tuesday read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vice: Canada’s Internet sucks and the government has no real plan to improve it
Our digital future looks pretty pathetic. Check out our own Chris Malmo’s unflinching account of the failures of the government’s Digital Canada 150. Article by Chris Malmo for Vice Remember back in college when you had an overdue paper to write for a class you didn’t really seem to care
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Please Share: Our image about SOPA back from the grave
Think SOPA is dead? Think again. U.S. President Barack Obama has picked Robert Holleyman, who led efforts to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), to help lead the effort to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. LIKE and SHARE to help keep censorship at bay. We’ve just released this
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