An open Internet is free from government surveillance. Using the Internet to spy on people degrades our freedom and weakens our democracy. Tell that to your Senators at StopC51.ca Article…
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Earlier today, the Telecommunications Transparency Project announced the release of The Governance of Telecommunications Surveillance: How Opaque and Unaccountable Practices and Policies Threaten Canadians. This landmark report found that rampant…
Your news links for today: Bill C-51 violates Universal Declaration of Human Rights, OSCE finds – ThinkPol A Licence With Limited Value: Copyright Board Delivers Devastating Defeat to Access Copyright…
By collaborating with our community, volunteers, and different partners around the world, we get to do a lot of cool things here at OpenMedia. But today’s launch is one of…
When the world’s largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization says Bill C-51 violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, you know we’re in trouble. Article by ThinkPol The Harper government’s controversial anti-terrorism…
Your news links for today: Your government is spying on you online. Here’s what you can do about it – Toronto Star Surveillance, Snowden and the State Circa May 2015…
Are you getting the Internet speeds you pay for? The CRTC has a new way for you to find out. Article by Martin MacMahon for News 1130 We’ve all complained…
“A snow job” – that’s the verdict of this Nobel Prize-winning economist on Obama’s efforts to sell his top-secret TPP. Article by Paul Krugman for The New York Times One…
A version of this article by our David Christopher was originally published by The Tyee, as part of a new series about Canada’s Privacy Plan Shouldn’t we have the same…
Your news links for today: Is Rogers Selling your Location Data? – Devonavar Test shows if your ISP is throttling Internet speed – The Next Web Net Neutrality Rules Are…
CSE’s snooping on Canadians is not a secret anymore. Article by Justin Ling Highly classified documents obtained by VICE News offer new insights into how Canada’s two-headed spy apparatus works…
On May 6th we witnessed how the government used its majority to ram Bill C-51 through the House of Commons after only two days of debate. The legislation – now…
wifilogo.png OpenMedia welcomes new CRTC Internet speed measurement program as a win for Canadians and an important step to protect net neutrality May 21, 2015 – This morning the CRTC…
cse600.png News comes one day after OpenMedia releases crowdsourced report recommending new rules to ban Mass Surveillance and create greater oversight for agencies like CSE May 21, 2015 – Canadian…
Your news links for today: Spy agencies target mobile phones, app stores to implant spyware – CBC News NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The…
Check out this great media coverage of our Privacy Plan, a crowdsourced plan to fix Canada’s privacy deficit. Over 125,000 took part in this process and we’re happy to know…
Calling all Canadians! Join us for our Social Media Town Hall on privacy issues, taking place on Facebook and reddit TODAY at 11am PT / 2pm ET today. We’ll have…
A version of this article by our David Christopher was originally published by The Tyee, as part of a new series about Canada’s Privacy Plan Today’s the big day, folks:…
Your news links for today: Rogers, TELUS and Bell Lose Legal Challenge to CRTC Wireless Code – iPhone in Canada Cellphone carriers lose court challenge over CRTC new wireless code…
