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…
Government spying has been a hot topic of late, thanks to the recent revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency has been spying on American and foreign citizens by vacuuming…
The MP behind the wildly unpopular (now defunct) warrantless online spying bill C-30 is on his way out of politics. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews will not only be leaving…
The MP behind the wildly unpopular (now defunct) warrantless online spying bill C-30 is on his way out of politics. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews will not only be leaving…
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.…
Giant. Unsecured. Data registries. As if it wasn’t bad enough that secretive government agencies are intercepting our personal data. read more
As you probably know, the Big Three mobile providers, joined by SaskTel and MTS, have announced they are taking on the CRTC and Canadians in court to delay much-welcomed changes…
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…
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…
Happy Canada Day! Share this image if you believe Canadians deserve an open and affordable Internet! Learn more at http://OpenMedia.ca/ read more
Last week, new reports shed light on how Yahoo fought against becoming part of the U.S. National Security Agency mass spying program PRISM. We deserve to know if the Canadian…
Industry Canada has created new cell phone rules in response to 56,000+ Canadians who took part in OpenMedia.ca’s Demand Choice campaign. The new rules will help stop Big Telecom from…
