Has the Conservative Party of Canada hacked into your profile and “liked” their Facebook page on your behalf without your knowledge or consent? Reports are popping up including one from a reporter at the CBC that they are being “like hijacked” by the Conservative party. According to a CBC report, the hijacked likes could be […]
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Mind Bending Politics: Arab Countries Need To Be Doing More On Syrian Refugees
(Arab League Flag) Like many Canadians I had a very heart felt response to the picture of the three year old who laid face down dead after trying to cross the Mediterranean for the EU escaping the Syrian civil war. What I found more disturbing was Immigration Minister Chris Alexander’s cold response to the story […]
Mind Bending Politics: Conservatives Agree to Censor Internet In Latest Trade Negotiations
The Conservatives seem to be tying to make the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement one of Harper’s legacy items. After the election call the Conservatives moved to change “caretaker” rules in order to continue negotiating this trade agreement. It appears now that the Conservatives are so much in a rush to get the TPP signed […]
Mind Bending Politics: Harper’s House of Cards is Falling Down
If you haven’t tuned into the Duffy trial over the past week, than you are living under a rock, or you’re missing one of the best political dramas in Canadian history. The cross examination of Nigel Wright in Senator Mike Duffy’s trial over inappropriate expenses, is becoming quite interesting to many Canadians. Canada seems to […]
Mind Bending Politics: The US May Have Trump; But Canada Has An Alien
Let’s put it this way; we could have used the swagger and unexpectedness Donald Trump presented in last nights US Republican debates in the Canadian leaders debate. Instead, the first hour the Canadian debate consisted of Conservative leader Stephen Harper doing what he does best which is misleading Canadians on facts. Green Party leader Elizabeth […]
Mind Bending Politics: Election Called, Media in Crisis, International Observers Called In
Yesterday Prime Minister Harper dropped the election writ, and Canada is now in it’s 42nd election since confederation. There has been much speculation around the timing of the writ dropping. This election will be one of the longest and most costliest elections in modern times, which could cost Canadian tax payers close to $1 billion+ […]
Mind Bending Politics: The Munk School of Global Affairs on Possible Conflict of Interest In Debates
Last week, I wrote that the Munk School of Global Affairs received $9 million in federal research grants, and hinted about a possible conflict of interest this funding may have on the federal leaders debate, and with the leader selection processes for these debates. The Munk School of Global Affairs responded to that blog. Munk […]
Mind Bending Politics: Big Media Influencing Canadian Election For Political Favoritism
As the debates over the debates has raged on over the past several months, one thing is becoming increasingly clear. Journalists in Canada seem to be throwing out their duty of independence and holding our political parties to account for political favors; thus Canadians can’t rely on the media to do their traditional role of […]
OpenMedia.ca: The Massive Stakes for Your Privacy in the Teksavvy Vs Voltage Case
I raised a lot of eyebrows on my last post regarding the Teksavvy vs. Voltage case, so I’d thought I’d follow up with this post. Questions on why I’m so passionate about privacy and copyright should be pretty much answered after this post, and why I’ve chosen to speak out
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian Gamers Put out Consumer Warning on Black Ops 2
Due to the sheer numbers of gaming consumers having significant issues with the new Black Ops 2 and the seriousness of the problem, the Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) is issuing a consumer warning for the newest release of Black Ops 2.The problems …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Activision Under Investigation for False Advertising
Just a follow up to this previous post in February explaining how Activision mislead consumers on the new Call of Duty Elite Premium service. The Competition Bureau of Canada got back to us. They do not deal with false or misleading advertising complaints relating to online media from consumers, however
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: New Digital Policy and Current Events Podcast
Canadian Gamer Organization’s co-founder Jason Koblovsky has started up a new digital policy podcast called CDNTech Network. The podcast will focus on a number of issues which include Canadian digital policy, and digital current events. Combining both his post-secondary studies in Broadcast Journalism and Computer Sciences, Koblovsky says this is
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC Closes Gamers File
The Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO) has received word through a public, highly self congratulatory and seemingly politically motivated release from the CRTC championing that a CRTC investigation has stopped Rogers from throttling. CGO warns that ISPs still have the right under CRTC policy to bring throttling back at any time
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Acting CRTC Chair Gives Thumbs Up to CGO
Yesterday acting CRTC Chair Leonard Katz mentioned the Canadian Gamers Organization efforts on Internet traffic management practices [ITMP]. A bit of a spelling mistake on our organizations name but we can live with that. While it’s nice to see our organization at the forefront of making a difference for consumers,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CGO Consumer Alert: Black Ops 2
The Canadian Gamers Organization is closely monitoring several situations with the announcement of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Admittedly Black Ops 2 developer Treyach has stated that there will be no beta testing for this game. Beta testing is an essential part of software development that is meant to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Activision/Rogers Problem Solved
As of 4:00pm EST, I’m happy to report that the problems with connecting to Activision from Rogers appear to be solved. From the information our members posted up today we believed may have been caused by an Internet Traffic Jam. Our members have worked closely with Rogers techs to help
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Possible Problems with Rogers and Activision Again
I wrote a post earlier about how the PS3 Call of Duty servers maybe hacked. XBOX Call of Duty servers were shut down over the weekend due to the game being hacked. This may turn out not to be the case with the PS3 however after digging around a bit
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: PS3, XBOX, and PC Call of Duty Servers Hacked?
This past weekend XBOX Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players experienced and extended outage, as many could not connect to the online multiplayer aspect of the game. Several developments have happened since then. Robert Bowling (creative strategist and the public face of the franchise) abruptly left his position this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC Finds More Noncompliance on Rogers
The CRTC has found more noncompliance of net neutrality policy on Rogers but is failing to act. Instead it’s providing Rogers with a case by case basis to ensure it is within compliance with CRTC policy rather than actively calling this ISP out on several infractions of CRTC policy. In
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadian Internet Providers Already Set Up For Mass Surveillance
There has been some talk recently about who would pick up the tab for a bill like C-30 when in fact the throttling technology used to slow down P2P connections can also be used for mass surveillance. The throttling technology used by ISP’s like Bell and Rogers could be applied
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