Author: Meghan Sali

Lobbyists for old media conglomerates have a plan to censor links across the Internet. The new regulations envisioned in this scheme aim to restrict our right to link to content and services of our choosing. If these new censorship powers are put into place it will fundamentally change the Web.

Right now, Congress is moving forward on legislation that would allow the government to Fast Track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its extreme Internet censorship plan without any scrutiny of what’s in the agreement. Why? Because if Americans knew that the TPP would make their Internet more expensive, censored, and

It didn’t take long for Big Media conglomerates to seize the first opportunity to extort Canadians under the new notice-and-notice provisions. In a blog posted by Michael Geist this morning, he revealed that both RightsCorp, an American “copyright monetization” organization (read: copyright troll), and BMG, an international Big Media company,

You may have noticed in the past few days there have been some dramatic headlines about changing copyright laws in Canada.  But what – if anything – has really changed for Internet users? Practically nothing. First: a brief overview of a little-known piece of legislation called the Copyright Modernization Act,

The holidays have come early with another win for Canadians and the pro-Internet community! This afternoon Industry Minister James Moore announced six new measures aimed at improving wireless service for Canadians – including the largest auction of spectrum set-aside for independent cell phone providers in Canada’s history. Here at OpenMedia,

If you’ve been following us this past week, you know that tomorrow we’ll be presenting at a crucial CRTC hearing that will determine how all of us here in Canada use the Internet, and will have huge implications for the future of access and innovation online. And as you would

It would have been impossible to navigate the last week on social media without coming across the name “Jian Ghomeshi.” A popular Canadian radio host working for the CBC, Ghomeshi has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by nine women, as of Friday morning. Ghomeshi was fired from the

Canada’s privacy commissioner has urged the Conservative government to beef up oversight and review of security agencies – like CSIS and CSEC – if new powers are given to police. Article by Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press OTTAWA — The Conservative government must strengthen review and oversight of security agencies if

This article is a part of a series on the Our Digital Future report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st Century. See Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. One thing we hear over and over again from our community