Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update! Arielle gives you the low-down on Big Telecom’s efforts to restrict your choice in this week’s Internet Insider. It’s shaping up to be Big…
The ultra-secretive Canadian spy agency CSEC has government approval to share information with foreign partners even if it may put someone at risk of torture – despite recommendations by a…
big3_appeal.png Big Telecom is using legal action against the government and an expensive PR campaign to prevent startup Canadian wireless providers from operating on a level playing field July 30,…
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 –…
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The OECD has recently released the 2013 Communications Outlook, a major international report issued once every two years with detailed comparative data on telecommunications throughout 34 countries that make up…
On July 10, 2013, Rogers introduced a new $15 ‘connection fee’ to replace its previous ‘activation fee’ and ‘hardware upgrade administration fee’. Article by Ian Hardy on MobileSyrup: A few…
The U.S. The U.K. Germany. France. Australia. Is Canada next on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s list? Article by Hayes Brown for ThinkProgress: With three of their partners’ signal intelligence collection…
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,…
Two weeks ago, we shared your disappointment at the approval of Bell’s takeover of Astral Media. Here’s why so many of us opposed this deal. Article by Tamara Khandaker for…
We now know that the Canadian government asked Google for data on 128 Canadian users in 2012. This journalist recently investigated issues of Internet privacy and mass surveillance in Canada.…
A Canadian startup says it will be offering fibre Internet at a speed of one gigabit per second – 60 times faster than the Canadian average – with no bandwidth…
We’ve had some great feedback from our community about the recent move by Big Telecom to challenge the CRTC Code of Conduct for cell phones in Canada. Here’s our own…
Here’s some great coverage of our own Steve Anderson talking about the Big Three-led push-back against new citizen-friendly cell phone rules. Article by Gillian Shaw for the Vancouver Sun: Will…
Here in Canada, Big Telecom is taking Canadians to court to try to delay the end of expensive 3-year contracts until nearly 2017. Meanwhile, over in Europe, the E.U. has…
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Last night as I was wrapping up my day, I took one last glance at my email and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was our public interest lawyer notifying…
5896595610_b93570b235_z.jpg Cell phone providers have filed a motion with the Federal Court of Appeals in an attempt to delay new rules from being implemented until nearly 2017 July 3rd, 2013…
Digital policy expert Michael Geist reviews positive developments in the Canadian digital policy landscape – including the defeat of the government’s 2012 spying bill, protections for user-generated online content, and…
