The Tyee: Last Chance for Canadians to Influence Secret Trade Talks?
We want YOU to help us save free expression. Check out what you can do at https://OpenMedia.org/Expression Article by Bob Mackin for The Tyee When the latest round of closed-door…
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Huffington Post: 11 scary things about the TPP negotiators don’t want you to know
Top 11 things the government doesn’t want you to know about the TPP. Number 3 has really got me worried. Which one bothers you the most? Article by Daniel Tencer…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, July 11, 2014
Your news links for today: TPP Negotiations in Canada Are Targeting an Open Internet – VICE TPP Talks In Ottawa: Brunei’s Brutal Sharia Law Raises Questions About Future Of Trade…
Vice: The Canadian Government is Playing Hide and Seek with the TPP
First they tried to dodge us by moving TPP negotiations from Vancouver to Ottawa, now they’re avoiding questions about their Internet censorship plan. Good thing we’re taking matters into our…
The TPP Internet Censorship Circus is in town and it’s more secretive than ever
The bureaucrats and industry lobbyists negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership have gone to great lengths to keep their plans a secret before, but this takes the cake. After scheduling the next…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, July 10, 2014
Your news links for today: Canada’s Military Wants New Drones, Fighter Jets, and the Arctic – Motherboard Transit Police Report Riders to Immigration Nearly Every Day – The Tyee Most…
The last 48 hours for free expression online?
We want to bring you up to speed with where we’re at in our fight against the TPP’s Internet censorship plan. Right now, Chief Negotiators are meeting to push through…
EFF: We Join Dozens of Organizations and Businesses to Protest TPP Copyright Proposals
Internet start-ups, educators, tech firms, and advocacy groups are fighting back against the TPP’s proposed Internet censorship plan. Check out how the fight is going and add your voice at…
Huffington Post: What the Top-Secret TPP Talks Mean for the Future of the Internet and Democracy
The Internet thrives on the ability for users to share and adapt content freely, without fear of unreasonable reprisal. TPP negotiators want to take that power away, and replace it…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Your news links for today: Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On – The Intercept Latest Snowden Leaks: FBI Targeted Muslim-American Lawyers – WIRED American-Arab…
Social media companies, entrepreneurs, investors, Internet user groups speak out about Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement
AFairDeaLOGOv10.jpg With crucial TPP talks intensifying in Ottawa, business leaders have sent a letter raising concerns about how the TPP could force service providers to act as Internet cops, raising…
Five ways extreme copyright rules can be used to censor the Internet
Guest blog by Cynthia Khoo Imagine finding that your favourite music blog, political forum, or video remix has disappeared overnight. What happened? It may well have fallen victim to censorship…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Your news links for today: Why the Latest Canadian Wireless Policy Move is More Shakeup Than Shakedown – Michael Geist Next spectrum auction paints a big bullseye on Wind and…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, July 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Ottawa to auction prime spectrum to small wireless carriers – The Globe and Mail Harper Government to Release More Valuable Spectrum to Strengthen Competition in…
Measures to improve Canadians’ access to independent wireless services hailed as a positive step forward, although more will be needed to lower prices and boost choice
gatekeepers-share.png Industry Minister James Moore has announced that vital digital assets will be set aside for affordable new entrants in upcoming auction of AWS-3 wireless spectrum. Canadians have been calling…
PressProgress: 7 ways the CBC helped build the Canada we know today
The CBC is one of the only independent alternatives Canadians have to media controlled by Big Telecom. Check out these 7 ways the CBC has helped build the Canada we…