Who should make the policies that will determine the future of the Internet? A select list of corporate lobbyists and unelected government officials, meeting without public oversight or involvement? Or…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) exploded onto the Canadian media landscape last week, when negotiators from the 12 participating countries finally agreed on a deal. Even if you were paying attention,…
At OpenMedia, we believe in the possibilities of the open Internet. We’re working to safeguard the possibility to easily create ties and connections with people all over the world. The…
At OpenMedia, we’re pretty attached to the phrase “possibilities of the open Internet.” We know that, for better or for worse, technological changes are a huge factor in driving broader…
For over two years now, we’ve been pushing back against the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership, specifically the provisions around intellectual property, which would censor the Internet and require your…
A few years ago, we at OpenMedia began to realize that fighting against efforts to shut down the open Internet wasn’t enough – we needed to clearly articulate what we…
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When several senior representatives from Telus asked us to meet with them we knew immediately what we wanted the meeting to include: direct citizen stories about disrespectful and expensive cell...
Lobbyists have been seeking greater control over the Internet on multiple fronts – but citizens have been coming together in huge numbers (and across borders) to use the Internet to…
Off Categories: More digital services test idea number two
A PhD student at UVic, surveillance expert, and great friend of OpenMedia.ca, Christopher Parsons, has produced a fantastic new summary of what lawful access will mean in practice. Parsons point...
Image from alancleaver_2000 on Flickr We've been working overtime to alert Canadians to the costly, invasive, and poorly thought-out nature of the government's proposed new online surveillance le...
Last Thursday, I sat down with MP Don Davies to talk about four of the key recommendations from Casting an Open Net. These are the four main things OpenMedia.ca is…
