Who should make the policies that will determine the future of the Internet? A select list of corporate lobbyists and unelected government officials, meeting without public oversight or involvement? Or — Internet users and digital policy experts, using digital tools and thoughtful processes, combined with review and sign-off by elected
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OpenMedia.ca: Why Internet Users Should be Very Angry about the TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) exploded onto the Canadian media landscape last week, when negotiators from the 12 participating countries finally agreed on a deal. Even if you were paying attention, you might not have heard about the impacts on the Internet, since much of the focus was on the farming
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Defend the Internet: Join the DAT
At OpenMedia, we believe in the possibilities of the open Internet. We’re working to safeguard the possibility to easily create ties and connections with people all over the world. The challenge, however, is when those ties remain weak — when we only know each other very loosely, not enough to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: How (and Why) We Did It: Crowdsourcing policy for the 21st Century
At OpenMedia, we’re pretty attached to the phrase “possibilities of the open Internet.” We know that, for better or for worse, technological changes are a huge factor in driving broader systems change (and vice versa). The advent of the Internet, and with it the much-hyped, much-maligned “Digital Age,” has brought
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Making Them Listen – Bringing +19,000 Voices to the Secretive TPP Negotiations
For over two years now, we’ve been pushing back against the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership, specifically the provisions around intellectual property, which would censor the Internet and require your Internet service provider to make serious violations of your privacy rights. Those behind this deal – the 12 negotiating countries,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: We couldn’t have done this without you
A few years ago, we at OpenMedia began to realize that fighting against efforts to shut down the open Internet wasn’t enough – we needed to clearly articulate what we were fighting for. And we needed to do this with you, our amazing pro-Internet supporters. Since then, we’ve experimented with
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: You told us, we told them: A report-back from our meeting with Telus
When several senior representatives from Telus asked us to meet with them we knew immediately what we wanted the meeting to include: direct citizen stories about disrespectful and expensive cell…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Where we are today
Lobbyists have been seeking greater control over the Internet on multiple fronts – but citizens have been coming together in huge numbers (and across borders) to use the Internet to save the Internet. This is revolutionizing politics around the world. As we head into fall, we’re energized to see that
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: More youth representation
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: What Online Spying Means in Practice
A PhD student at UVic, surveillance expert, and great friend of OpenMedia.ca, Christopher Parsons, has produced a fantastic new summary of what lawful access will mean in practice. Parsons point…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Combating the Government’s Online Spying PR
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We’ve been working overtime to alert Canadians to the costly, invasive, and poorly thought-out nature of the government’s proposed new online surveillance le…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca Meets With Another MP: Don Davies, Vancouver-Kingsway
Last Thursday, I sat down with MP Don Davies to talk about four of the key recommendations from Casting an Open Net. These are the four main things OpenMedia.ca is calling for, in order to address the underlying problems that have led to price gouging …
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