Thanks to you, over sixty MPs have said they will stand with Canadians against Vic Toews’ online spying plan. Find out which through the Pro-Privacy MP tool we created for you at http://openmedia.ca/WithCanada. By sharing the video at http://openmedia.ca/stand and taking action, you raised a loud national call for every
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OpenMedia.ca: Media Advisory: OpenMedia.ca Releases Names of MPs Standing With Canadians Against Warrantless Online Spying
SOS_100xx100.png Citizen Outcry Against Bill C-30 Pushes Over Sixty MPs to Add Their Names to OpenMedia.ca Pro-Privacy Listing WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: OpenMedia.ca has just released a tool that displays the names of the over sixty Members of Parliament—nearly two-thirds of opposition
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Privacy Commissioner’s Annual Report Slams Lawful Access
Dr. Ann Cavoukian’s annual report declares that privacy activists must be “ever vigilant” in staying on top of legislation that threatens privacy. Cavoukian asserts that online spying legislation is creating a system of “Surveillance by design”, and represents “one of the most invasive threats to our privacy and freedom that
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: We prepare to reveal which MPs stand with Canadians
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is still not backing down when it comes to his warrantless online spying scheme. While Canadians call on our MPs to stand against the invasive and costly legislation, Bill C-30, Toews has been toiling away to try to scare us into believing the bill is
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Standing against online spying: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Online spying bill C-30: Expert confirms innocent Canadians likely to be caught up in digital dragnet
Our intrepid academic friend Christopher Parsons isn’t one to sit idly by while the future of the online spying bill remains unclear. After the Globe and Mail reported that this bill, C-30, was dead, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews made a spectacle of himself by arrogantly announcing that warrantless online
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Mark: Internet access good for democracy? Not with government surveillance
Governments around the world are seeking to increase their control over the infrastructure of the Internet in an effort to limit its challenge to their power. In China and Iran many sites are blocked, while in Azerbaijan all Internet and cell phone activity is logged. And it’s not much better
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The 1993 CBC on the possibilities of the Internet
Check out this 1993 story from the CBC Digital Archives about the possibilities of the Internet. Even then, it was clear: “People in a group [online] have our own sense of community and what we can do.” Fast-forward almost 20 years and many of those possibilities have been realized—when open,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: NDP leader responds to StopSpying.ca campaign
Today—one day after the launch of a new viral video about online spying bill C-30—NDP leader Thomas Mulcair sent a response to petition signers asserting that his party “share[s] the concerns of many Canadians who oppose legislation relating to lawful access, ACTA, and digital locks.” This means that the NDP,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom’s Bills: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Letter to Supporters: What will it cost?
Would you want up to three billion dollars1 of your country’s tax dollars spent on Vic Toews’ online spying plan? How would you feel if Public Safety Minister Vic Toews had already quietly set aside your tax dollars for the scheme? This isn’t a hypothetical question. Despite media stories saying
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Pro-Privacy Canadians Launch Viral Video To Say They Don’t Want To Pay For Online Spying Bill
SOS-Stand_VideoScreenCap.png Citizen-Made Video Launches After Millions Are Set Aside For Bill C-30 May 24, 2012 – OpenMedia.ca has launched a citizen-made online video educating Canadians about the true cost of the government’s online spying legislation C-30 and the threat it poses to personal privacy. If passed, Bill C-30 will force
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Big Telecom Companies and Government Officials Held Secret Online Spying (C-30) Forum
Apparently starting last year, Canada’s biggest telecom giants and government officials came together to develop a secret online spying (Bill C-30) forum. According to Internet law expert Michael Geist: “In the months leading up to the introduction Bill C-30, Canada’s telecom companies worked actively with government officials to identify key
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Is the Conservative Party divided on online spying?
Quickly after anonymous government sources told The Globe and Mail that online spying bill C-30 had quietly died, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews scurried to get in front of reporters to make it clear that, despite massive public pressure, he intends to push through the online spying plan. According to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Update on the state of the online spying bill
There are rumours that online spying bill C-30 is dead, but the government has still not announced any changes to their plan to pass this invasive piece of legislation. By speaking through anonymous sources in the Globe and Mail, the government has show that they are still trying to use
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Calgary police caught violating email privacy; Are we ready for online spying codified in law?
The Calgary police were caught violating email privacy in a big way during a small investigation. Clearly we have problems ensuring that authorities don’t abuse their existing online spying powers—we’re nowhere near ready for warrantless electronic surveillance codified in law (i.e. Bill C-30). Our personal information must be kept personal.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Update on U.S. online spying bill CISPA: The fight continues
At OpenMedia.ca, we’re working on your behalf with our international counterparts to safeguard the open, affordable, surveillance-free Internet. One of the threats we face is a controversial U.S. bill called CISPA—the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. We’ve written about CISPA before (check out posts here and here for some
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Image: Over 135,000 have signed the Stop Online Spying petition
The StopSpying.ca petition has hit over 135,000 signatures. This is an important milestone that further erodes the tenability of the government’s online spying plan. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: From CISPA to C-30, We Must Stay Engaged! — Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Infographic: How the authorities would get information on you with the government’s proposed online spying plan
While thousands of Canadians voice their concerns about the government’s online spying bill, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is continuing his irresponsible PR campaign that suggests that warrantless collection of our private data is “on par with the phone book.” This infographic shows just how far that is from the
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