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Dead Wild Roses: Free Speech in the Face of Religion – Censorship on Youtube.
Being intimidated by the religious thugs threatening violence seems to be a growing fad. This needs to stop. I mirror this video that was taken down by youtube for a terms of use violation – (being offensive to the deluded). Here it is again on the blog. You and your
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Facebook is NOT The Internet – The Internet IS The (Social) Network
In the beginning there were BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems). In a foreshadowing of things to come, almost immediately following the invention of the Personal Computer (PC) they became communications devices as BBS systems were set up for hobbyists to use to share information and home-written programs. At this time PC
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Vic Toews You Were Warned – Anonymous steps up for the Canadian People
Let’s let Anonymous do the talking, hopefully Vic you get the message. Let’s get this viral, stat. Transcript here. H/T to JJ where I saw the video. Filed under: Ethics, Internet, Technology and Computers Tagged: Anonymous, Canadian Internet Privacy, Trampling on our RIghts, Vic Toews
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Child Predator Tax
Look for the latest charge to appear soon on your Bell, Rogers, Telus, (or MTS, or SaskTel) bill by next year when Vic Toews Bill C-30 comes into effect. It may not be labeled as such, but you can think of the price increase as the “Child Predator Tax”. The
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Harper wants $80 million of your tax dollars to creep your emails
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/02/22/pol-lawful-access-costs.html That’s what it’ll cost you to give Stephen Harper the privlidge to look through your email’s and browsing history. It’s going to cost at least $80 million to implement the government’s lawful access bill to force internet and telecommunications service providers to collect customer information in case police need
Continue readingeaves.ca: The Surveillance State – No Warrant Required
Yesterday a number of police organizations came out in support of bill C-30 – the online online surveillance bill proposed by Minister Vic Toews. You can read the Vancouver Police Department’s full press release here – I’m referencing theirs not because it is particularly good or bad, but simply because
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament in Review: December 13, 2011
Tuesday, December 13 served to confirm the range of concerns that hadn’t yet been taken into account in the Cons’ seat redistribution bill – even as debate came to a close and the bill was rammed through against the protests of a united opposition. The Big Issue In response to
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Why Vic Toews Laws are Worse Than Gun Laws
Stephen Harper’s Spying Laws will collect way more info than the Gun Registry ever did. And on ALL Canadians (not just the gun nuts).
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: ANONYMOUS: Canada Should Scrap Bill C-30, Fire Minister Vic Toews
In this YouTube video, activist hacker group Anonymous is demanding the resignation of Canada’s beleaguered Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews. The group also calls for the dictatorship-style online surveillance bill C-30 to be scrapped. …Read More
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Conservatives Bill C-30: Upset Canadians #TellVicEverything
This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews attacked the Internet with Bill C-30. And Canadians’ right to online privacy and a host of individual freedoms. But Canadians – and the Internet …Read More
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Electronic surveillance bill: Big Bro Toews wants your data
Canadian Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews, who is pushing a draconian surveillance bill that would give police extraordinary powers to snoop on Canadians wants an investigation into a Twitter account – @vikileaks30 – that has been exposing details of his marital breakdown. How does it feel Vic – having
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Heather Scoffield gives far too much credence to the Cons’ spin on what their focus group results mean. But her report offers what may be the most definitive indication yet that the Cons’ ideology bears absolutely no resemblance to what Canadians actually want:
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The Harper government’s us vs them mentality resurfaces in Internet privacy laws
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers” So says Public Safety Minister Vic Toews defending the proposed Lawful Access legislation which would give sweeping new powers to the police regarding access to information on the Internet. It is, of course, a monstrous false dichotomy of the
Continue readingeaves.ca: I Stand for My Rights & Privacy: The Coming Online Police State
“He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.” This was Mr. Toews’s, the Minister of Justice, counterattack to a question in the house regarding concerns of letting the police monitor citizens internet use without a warrant. Apparently this is our choice: a big brother state or child
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Hell In A Handbasket
American spy charged with spying, by his own government, when he revealed to reporters that the CIA was acting illegally by torturing people. Obama’s War on Whistle-blowers, rages on. Bradley Manning is rolling over in his pending grave for allegedly feeding Collateral Murder and other information to WikiLeaks. == Our
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Say “NO!” to C-11 now!
The Harper government re-introduced the Copyright Modernization Act, Bill C-11 in September 2011. Wonder about where the coverage is on Bill C-11? Me, too. SOPA + PIPA may be dead — or shelved — but Bill C-11 is alive and well and set to pass ASAP in 2012. The Harper
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: The Canadian Progressive World joins global protest against ACTA
Starting today, this website will carry a “Stop ACTA” ribbon on the top right-hand corner of the homepage. We’re participating in a SOPA-style online protest against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA is worse than SOPA. …Read More
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Internet Blackout – nothing but Hyperbole and a PR Stunt according to the MPAA
Watch, gentle readers, what happens when elite interests are not given priority. The outcry, the wailing and gnashing of teeth, the injustice of it all. The MPAA CEO Chris Dodd called out the irresponsible websites – Wikipedia, Reddit etc on their egregious behaviour: “A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick,
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