What do websites devoted to frat-boy humor, handmade and vintage clothes, and saving the environment all have in common? They’re all passionate about saving the Internet from being forced into a slow lane. No, we’re not kidding. The fight to save the open Internet as we know it has found
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OpenMedia.ca: It’s Big Telecom vs. YOU
The thing we love the most about the Internet is that it’s a level playing field for free expression, economic opportunity, and innovation. But Big Telecom can’t stand this – and now they’re trying to squeeze more money from Internet users by destroying the free and open Internet that people
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The last 48 hours for free expression online?
We want to bring you up to speed with where we’re at in our fight against the TPP’s Internet censorship plan. Right now, Chief Negotiators are meeting to push through a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that could end free expression online as we know it.1 2 With your voices,
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: T-minus 24 hours for your input to count
We have just 24 hours until key decision-makers behind the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet Censorship plan begin meeting in Ottawa.1 Please Note: This is your last chance to use our easy-to-use “Internet Voice” to get your comment right in the hands of those crafting this extreme and secretive plan.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What do you think about Big Telecom blocking access to content and services in Canada?
For a long time now, Canadians have been getting the short end of the stick when it comes to accessing exciting, affordable, and innovative Internet and mobile phone services. Without rules that allow for truly open networks, Big Telecom giants have been able to dominate as the only game in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Join us for the Net2NMI Google Hangout on the FCC’s Internet Slow Lane proposal – June 14 at 12pm ET / 11am CT / 9am PT
If you value the Internet, it’s time to speak out – or risk being forced into an Internet slow lane. On Saturday June 14 at Noon ET (11am CT / 9am PT), Net2 Northern Michigan invites you to join an online round-table discussion to learn how to submit comments on
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia continues to fight against Big Telecom’s efforts to delay our hard-won consumer protection rules.
Just under a year ago, Big Telecom quietly put forward a motion in the Federal Court of Appeal to delay, in part, implementation of the CRTC’s new rule to protect cellphone users. A few months later, the Federal Court of Appeal officially announced they would hear the case. At the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Our pressure is working: Telus drops Mobilicity takeover
Some good news coming across the wire this morning: Telus has abandoned its effort to takeover the independent cell phone provider Mobilicity, and its valuable wireless spectrum assets. Mobilicity is one of Canada’s few remaining independent mobile providers. Since their initial entry into the Canadian market in 2008, it has
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom’s price-gouging: uniting Canadians since 1880
With all that’s been happening around the secrecy of the TPP and the explosive situation in the U.S. around the looming Internet slow lane, your OpenMedia team thought it might be time to take a step back and give our community a quick update about the state of play in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Will Big Telecom succeed in this desperate last-ditch effort to force through an Internet Slow Lane?
Our impact is being felt: U.S. Big Telecom are running scared with last-ditch effort to force the Internet slow lane It looks like U.S. Big Telecom giants are pushing back against our rapidly growing movement to stop the Internet slow lane. Late yesterday, Big Telecom’s army of lobbyists began circulating
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Did they just say that the government spied on 1 in 34 Canadians? You, your family, or your neighbours are likely victims.
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has revealed that in just one year the government made 1.2 million requests for sensitive information about our private online activities from telecom companies, often without a warrant. To achieve numbers like this, the government would have to ask telecom companies to disclose the personal information of
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Over 50 organizations, 2.8 million people, and a “StopTheSecrecy.net” bat signal can’t be wrong!
Together, over 50 international organizations and 2.8 million people have united behind one of the largest online campaigns in history. And, make no mistake, our call to stop the secrecy of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is being heard loud and clear. Between our friends at Daily Kos, Roots Action, Fight
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Is the U.S. FCC really about to destroy the Open Internet?
It looks like there’s some bad news coming out of the United States. Headlines across the country are suggesting that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, has announced new rules that could destroy the Open Internet.The rules will allow giant media conglomerates to buy faster access, leaving everyone else
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Over 2.7 Million people now demanding leaders Stop The Secrecy before it’s too late
Today is the big day. Together with our partners at Daily Kos, Fight for the Future, Roots Action, and Demand Progress, OpenMedia has launched Stop The Secrecy – a huge international campaign calling for an end to the excessive secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership. You can see it for yourself
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Top 5 things you need to know about the government’s long-awaited digital economy strategy
We were starting to worry this day would never come. But, lo and behold, here it is: the government has finally announced its long-awaited digital economy strategy, Digital Canada 150. So, what’s the good news? While there are a few positive measures in the strategy, they amount to little more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The $5.27 billion Digital Endowment fund our government can invest in connecting Canadian communities
On April 2nd, our government will come into a Digital Endowment of $5.27 billion. We need to ensure this money is put towards connecting all Canadians to high-speed Internet, innovative community-based network initiatives, and improving Canada’s digital economy. At this point, you might be wondering what a “Digital Endowment” is,
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