Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner on the online spying bills
Op-Ed by Ann Cavoukian for the National Post I must add my voice to the growing dismay regarding the impact of impending “lawful access” legislation in this country. In my…
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It’s Official: Gamers have Caught Rogers Violating Internet Openness Rules
openmedia_logo.jpg CRTC’s enforcement division to handle complaint against Rogers restricting access to online services October 27, 2011— The Canadians Gamers Organization’s (CGO) current b...
Citizens’ concerns reinforced by Privacy Commissioner letter about online spying
SOS_100xx100.png Letter to Toews from Office of the Privacy Commissioner condemns online spying bills October 27, 2011 – The federal Privacy Commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, sent another letter...
CBC News: Rogers Throttling BitTorrent May Be Violating Net Neutrality Rules
By Emily Chung for CBC News Rogers throttles file-sharing traffic from BitTorrent more than any other internet provider in North America and may be violating Canadian net neutrality guidelines, ...
Canadians know what they’re doing when they oppose online spying
Canadians who have called on the government to stop online spying have been labeled as confused and distracted. Reminiscent of Big Telecom’s attempts to portray us as misinformed, we, as…
Stop the Cap: New report finds ISPs grossly overestimate costs of meeting increasing demand
By Phillip Dampier for Stop the Cap Internet Service Providers who use “increasing bandwidth costs” as an excuse to raise prices or implement an Internet Overcharging scheme like usage limit...
Reporting Back From Parliament Hill
Late last week, OpenMedia.ca met with eight Members of Parliament in Ottawa to discuss legislative strategies that would make the Internet in Canada more open and affordable. This is part…
Roseman: Rogers speeds prove much slower than advertised
By Ellen Roseman for Moneyville Steven Singer always had fast and reliable Internet service from Rogers. But when he switched to a more expensive plan, his nightmares began. “I am…
IT World: Dangers for Internet Companies to Collect and Keep Customer Data
Should we be concerned about the management our personal Internet information? The future of Internet privacy is currently in our hands, and the debate is only just commencing. If the…
Nowak: Rogers is officially the world’s worst throttler
By Peter Nowak Hot on the heels of the news that Bell Canada is cutting some of its internet throttling with wholesale customers comes some really – and I mean…
Celebrating two years with Internet openness rules
On October 21, 2009, open Internet supporters breathed a sigh of relief. Big telecom companies had been caught red-handed restricting access to online services, and the pro-Internet community re...
Taking back the Internet: | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca: October 21, 2011
Hello! Here's OpenMedia.ca's Lindsey Pinto and Sarah Beuhler with your Weekly News Update: read more
Looking Back at von Finckenstein’s Term as CRTC Chair
January 2012 is fast approaching and Konrad von Finckenstein’s term as chair of the CRTC is almost over. His tenure, plagued by controversy, praise, and criticism. It has been almost…
CBC: Supreme court decides to keep legal hands off hyperlinks
Internet links not libel, top court rules By Meagan Fitzpatrick for CBC News Hyperlinking to defamatory material on the internet does not constitute publishing the defamatory material itself, the Supreme…
Bell Pulls Back Online Restrictions On Eve of Open Internet Anniversary
openmedia_logo.jpg October 19, 2011—According to a recent email obtained by OpenMedia.ca, Bell has decided to start pulling back the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on online s...
Hackers take advantage of "state spying software" in Germany
As you likely know, the Canadian government’s proposed online spying laws are dangerous. Instead of making Internet users safer, they reduce our security and increase the probability of cyberc...
Gamers Take a Stand For Online Choice
CGO_ControllerImage_200x200_111017.jpg Gamers demonstrate Rogers’ restrictions, ask for open access to online games October 17, 2011—The Canadian Gamers Organization (CGO), a group currently ...
Combating the Government’s Online Spying PR
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...
A new PSA from the pro-Internet community targets online spying
Check out the latest citizen-made audio PSA, which has now made its way to our Stop Online Spying resources page. Pro-Internet community member Chris recorded this 30-second spot in response…