Tag: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Back in the 1980s, there was a huge fear that video would kill the radio star – a sentiment most shockingly expressed by Jack Valenti, former President of the MPAA (Movie Picture American Association) when sounding the alarm about the arrival of the VCR: “I say to you that the

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Good news everyone – it looks like Parliamentarians are taking notice of our rapidly growing campaign against online spying in Canada. Thanks to a massive outcry from the pro-Privacy community, they’ve invited our Steve Anderson to testify before key Members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Justice and Human

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So here’s the deal: the future of the open Internet is on the line. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an international trade deal involving 12 Pacific Rim countries, threatens to make the Internet we know and love more expensive, censored, and policed. The TPP has huge implications for all of us

Thousands of you have participated in our crowdsourcing project for sharing and collaborating in the 21st century – and we want to say a huge Thank You from all of us here at OpenMedia. If you’ve still to take part – don’t miss out: go to https://OpenMedia.org/Crowdsource today, and let

This is an amazing development! On April 30th, 2014, over 3.1 million citizens and over 50 organizations united in a historic campaign to Stop The Secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Our campaign culminated in our biggest and brightest projection in Washington D.C. last night – check out the images

Our Stop the Secrecy projections in Washington, D.C. are already having a huge impact. Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden argued before a Senate Finance Committee that “too often, there is trade secrecy instead of trade transparency.” The tide is turning against secrecy at the TPP. Keep the pressure on at

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We did it – over 3,145,3813 spoke out against fast tracking the secretive TPP, sending the U.S. Congress a message they can’t ignore. Thanks to all of our campaign partners – and thanks to you, our community, without whom none of this would be possible. Please LIKE and SHARE widely!

Six hours left! We have over 3.1 million people signed on to help Stop the Secrecy! Will you help us get to 3.2? read more

9 hours left to Stop the Secrecy! Let’s keep the pressure on – SHARE and LIKE! Show the person sitting next to you on the bus! Share at the gym while you’re doing your power curls! read more

We have just 12 hours to Stop the Secrecy! Please help to Stop the Secrecy around the TPP! Please SHARE this image right now to maximize our impact in these crucial final hours. read more

In twelve short hours, U.S. President Barack Obama will have returned home from his trip to Asia, where he spent the past week trying to strong-arm smaller nations into signing up to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). As he touches down in Washington, fond memories of home might lull him into

The clock is ticking and the stakes are high. 24 hours left to Stop the Secrecy at the TPP. If you haven’t signed up yet at http://StopTheSecrecy.net, now is your last chance. Don’t delay, sign NOW and let all your friends know that you’re against secrecy. read more

It’s been a wild ride for your small OpenMedia team since the launch of our Stop the Secrecy campaign. In just seven days our campaign has grown to historic proportions, becoming the largest-ever action against the excessive secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). read more