Thank you to everyone who has spoken out against the TPP’s extreme Internet censorship plan. As of today, over 65,000 people have spoken out for our collective digital future! We’re so inspired. Share this image and continue to spread the word! read more
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OpenMedia.ca: Video: OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson speaks out against Internet censorship
OpenMedia’s Executive Director Steve Anderson has been home sick this week – but when Global TV News called to see if he would speak out on behalf of Canadians and the broader Internet freedom community, he jumped at the opportunity to amplify your voices. Thank you to everyone for speaking
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: WOW! Almost 60,000 people have said NO to Internet Censorship
WOW! We are so inspired! Nearly 60,000 people said NO to the #TPP’s extreme Internet Censorship plan – and that number keeps growing! Thank you to our wonderful community for speaking out to protect our collective digital future. Let’s keep this going! Spread the word and help amplify our voices:
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make a firm commitment to reject extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals when he meets with other world leaders in Bali, Indonesia next week. The proposals are contained within leaked drafts of the Trans-Pacific
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
OpenMedia_Logo.png Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are speaking out against secretive U.S. plans to censor the Internet and restrict free expression online September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make a firm commitment to reject extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider | Say No To Internet Censorship
Hello! Listen up, world leaders! The citizens of the Internet have a few demands. We want to put an end to threats to Internet freedom. Head over to OpenMedia.org/Censorship to send a clear message to world leaders that we will not stand for the closed, censored and policed Internet outlined
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: NDP Trade Critic joins thousands of Canadians who are speaking out for our digital future!
NDP Trade Critic Don Davies M.P. has joined thousands of Canadians who are speaking out for a fair digital future. Here’s what he had to say: Secrecy is no way to shape our digital policies. Canadians want a future where we can share and manage online content, without needing to
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post Canada: NDP says Canadian MPs deserve access to TPP texts just like their U.S. counterparts
The 19th Round of TPP talks have ended in Brunei – but Canadian MPs still have no access to the text of the agreement that could break our digital future. . From The Huffington Post Canada: The Conservatives are keeping secret the draft text of a sweeping free trade agreement
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post Canada: NDP says Canadian MPs deserve access to TPP texts just like their U.S. counterparts
The 19th Round of TPP talks have ended in Brunei – but Canadian MPs still have no access to the text of the agreement that could break our digital future. . From The Huffington Post Canada: The Conservatives are keeping secret the draft text of a sweeping free trade agreement
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: THE INTERNET INSIDER | Canadians Left in the Dark
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca welcomes Official Opposition call for access to text of TPP agreement which threatens online expression
Image: FD_TPPShare_Library_130818.png News heading: Momentum rapidly building behind citizen-backed Our Fair Deal campaign for greater TPP transparency and an end to extreme Internet Censorship proposals August 28, 2013 – OpenMedia.ca is welcoming this morning’s call by NDP trade critic Don Davies for Canadian MPs to be given the same information
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Thousands speak out to shape our Digital Future
What does your digital future look like? Thousands of citizens are speaking out right now to shape the future of our Internet. They’re taking action to help prevent radical new Internet censorship proposals that could drastically restrict how we share and collaborate online. The extreme proposals are contained within the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: They’re NOT in this home stretch
We now know that big industry and government bureaucracies want to censor and spy on our Internet 1. These initiatives would never pass with the world watching and that’s why they’ll stop at nothing to keep their activities secret. Your team at OpenMedia.org asked the Internet what we should do
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Diverse International coalition launches alternative process to secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
openmedia_logo.jpg Coalition to TPP negotiators: It’s time to move beyond secret meetings and join with the public to chart a better course for our digital future. July 24, 2013 – The Fair Deal Coalition has launched a new initiative that will give Internet users a platform to discuss what copyright
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vic Toews Relents and Resigns | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Here is Arielle with the Weekly News Update on the key role that our pro-internet community had in the resignation of Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews. Toews is infamous for pushing for the costly, invasive and short-sighted online surveillance policy through the now defunct
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: U.S. Congressman Grayson has something to say about the secretive TPP texts
Last week, we told you that U.S. Congressional Representatives have finally been given limited access to the drafts of the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. U.S. Congressman Grayson has had a look at the documents – and he doesn’t like what he sees. Canadian Members of Parliament are still
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Time for transparency – why don’t Canadian representatives have same access to crucial TPP drafts as their U.S. counterparts?
Following weeks of sustained pressure from the international Our Fair Deal Coalition and others, we have some good news to report from south of the border. U.S. Congressional Representatives have finally been given limited access to the drafts of the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. It looks like
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Thank you
While we continue pushing back against government imposed online spying, we want to report back and thank the community members who stepped up recently. Back in May we sent you an appeal for an ad targeting the lead decision-maker behind the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). As you probably
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Trade activists light up the Vancouver sky with anti-TPP messages
Last week, we told you that an intersessional meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership was quietly taking place in Vancouver. At the time, the Canadian government had not told the public or the media that any such negotiation was happening. We only learned about the meeting via Peruvian media. Despite the
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