The ongoing work of Professors Kent Roach and Craig Forcese on C-51 provides the most exhaustive analysis of the bill and is a must-read for anyone concerned with the issue. Article by Kent Roach and Craig Forcese for the National Post Security issues are a campaign issue — at least
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OpenMedia.ca: Truth Out: What’s Going On With the TPP?
TPP Update: After years of secret negotiations, we’ve just learned U.S. Trans-Pacific Partnership officials have decided to appoint a “Chief Transparency Officer.” So who did they pick? One of their own lawyers, Tim Reif. Not exactly encouraging. TPP provisions will grievously hurt the Internet and our right to free expression! We
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, September 18, 2015
Your news links for today: Why Internet Privacy Should be a Key Election Issue – Michael Geist Ahmed Mohamed’s Clock Was “Half a Bomb,” Says Anti-Muslim Group With Ties to Trump, Cruz – The Intercept A Dozen Libraries Want to Host Tor Nodes to Protest Govt Fearmongering – VICE Motherboard
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Voting in CIRA’s 2015 Election will help shape the future of Canada’s Internet
It’s that time again! Some of you may not know this already, but Canada’s Internet is democratically governed. The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is a non-profit organization that manages the dot-ca (.ca) registry and addresses many of the day-to-day challenges facing Internet governance in Canada. Now, CIRA holds regular
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: Final push for Pacific Rim pact set for end of September
The TPP deal is closer than we might think! Are your candidates for or against it? Check here and tell them to oppose this bad deal: OurDigitalFuture.ca/candidate Article by Steven Chase for The Globe and Mail An effort to land a massive Pacific Rim free trade agreement within weeks is under
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, September 17, 2015
Your news links for today: Conservatives made deal to quiet dissent on C-51, gun group says – Macleans Final push for Pacific Rim pact set for end of September – Globe and Mail Quebecor: No Plans to Expand Wireless Services to Rest of Canada – iPhone in Canada Google Fiber
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Candidates are being flooded with our emails, and it’s working!
It’s election time! And your OpenMedia team has been working very hard to make sure Canadians have a direct and easy way to demand candidates from all parties speak up for the Internet we love and deserve. That’s why we’ve launched a handy tool for you to tell your candidates to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Maclean’s: Conservatives made deal to quiet dissent on C-51, gun group says
Conservatives offered a deal with the National Firearms Association to quiet C-51 dissent, and then broke their promise. Article by Laura Payton for Maclean’s The president of the National Firearms Association says the Conservative government offered to make changes to its gun licensing bill if the NFA held its fire on the controversial
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Tories yank ’24 hour surveillance’ stickers on signs in Harper’s Calgary riding
File this under “So amazing it’s actually true.” Stephen Harper’s constituency team have been busying themselves by adding “24 hour surveillance” stickers to their own election signs. And then removing them when CBC noticed. Article by Haydn Watters for CBC read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ian Mulgew: Court chooses Internet privacy in limiting police access to text messages
When you send a text message, do you assume it stays just between you and your friend? What about the police? Article by Ian Mulgew for the Vancouver Sun The B.C. Court of Appeal has struck a blow for Internet privacy at the expense of letting walk a Nanaimo man accused
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Your news links for today: Canada’s information commissioner taking Prime Minister’s Office to court over withheld Senate documents – National Post Devil is in the details for Canada’s data breach disclosure law – Third Certainty A Cybersecurity Bill Light on Security, Heavy on Corporate Protection – Foreign Policy Net neutrality
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: SYNful Knock cyberspying malware takes over Cisco routers
A cyberspying malware has hit multiple industries and government agencies through attacks to Cisco routers. Article by Thomson Reuters on CBC Security researchers say they have uncovered clandestine attacks across three continents on the routers that direct traffic around the internet, potentially allowing suspected cyberspies to harvest vast amounts of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Let’s make Canada’s parties endorse our pro-Internet action plan
Exciting news! Green Party leader Elizabeth May has just announced her endorsement of our crowdsourced pro-Internet action plan. So far Ms. May is the first major party leader to do so – and we’re thrilled to have her waving the flag for Canada’s Internet. This is great news for Canada’s
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Elizabeth May becomes first party leader to endorse OpenMedia’s pro-Internet Action Plan
All The Reports_OG.png Digital rights group is calling on all political parties and candidates to endorse pro-Internet plan crowdsourced from over 250,000 Canadians September 15, 2015 – Green Party leader Elizabeth May has become the first party leader to endorse OpenMedia’s crowdsourced pro-Internet action plan. In an open letter to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Your news links for today: Rogers CEO: “Monetization of Data” Pays Our Bills Nowadays – iPhone in Canada Rogers CEO hopes Spotify partnership will increase mobile data usage – Globe and Mail Apple’s monthly instalment price plan for unlocked iPhones eludes Canada – Globe and Mail It’s not broadband if
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Globe and Mail: Apple’s monthly instalment price plan for unlocked iPhones eludes Canada
Why can’t we have nice things like U.S.’s monthly instalment price plan for iPhones here in Canada? Article by Christine Dobby for The Globe and Mail Apple Inc. revealed a new way to buy its flagship device last week – the option to pay for unlocked models of its newest
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Varsity: Why Bill C-51 (and your privacy) matter
Here’s why our privacy is so important to us. If you value yours, keep speaking up to repeal C-51 at KillC51.ca Article by Kaitlyn Simpson for The Varsity The year is 2011: Edward Snowden has just come forth with a shocking disclosure regarding the United States National Security Agency’s invasive and
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, September 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Bringing Canada’s access to information back from the brink – Toronto Star EFF Provides Evidence to Courts of Verizon Wireless, Sprint and AT&T Participation in NSA Spying – EFF Vodafone Australia admits hacking Fairfax journalist’s phone – The Guardian Apple, in refusing backdoor access to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Star: Why Internet privacy should be a key election issue: Geist
This election, we need to put privacy front and centre to ensure every Canadian has surveillance-free Internet. Sign our pro-Internet vote pledge today. Article by Michael Geist for the Toronto Star Canada’s controversial anti-terrorism bill, Bill C-51, has emerged as a key talking point in the current election campaign. Pointing to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: AdWeek: Brazilian Kids Learn English by Video Chatting With Lonely Elderly Americans FCB’s touching work for a language school
When the Internet works for good! Article by Tim Nudd for AdWeek It’s such a great, simple idea: Young Brazilians want to learn English. Elderly Americans living in retirement homes just want someone to talk to. Why not connect them? FCB Brazil did just that with its “Speaking Exchange” project
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