The TPP so far
This week, the latest Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) round began in Ottawa, Canada. In what is becoming a disappointingly familiar story, the talks have been shrouded in near-total secrecy. Only a…
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Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, July 4, 2014
Your news links for today: NSA targets the privacy-conscious – Das Erste Dear NSA, Privacy is a Fundamental Right, Not Reasonable Suspicion – EFF Is there Another NSA Leaker? –…
CBC: Trans-Pacific Partnership talks going on in Ottawa
This multi-national trade deal could censor your Internet, on top of making it more expensive and policed. Even worse, the deal is being negotiated behind closed doors in near total…
The TPP goes on tour
Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have gone to extreme lengths to stop civic interest groups and the public finding out what’s being discussed at the next round of closed-door…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, July 3, 2014
Your news links for today: Trans Pacific Partnership meeting switched from Vancouver to Ottawa, ducking critics – Boing Boing If you read Boing Boing, the NSA considers you a target…
TelClarity: The outrageous markup on wireless roaming costs.
CONFIRMED: Canadians are getting the shake down on wireless roaming rates, which average between a 50,000 – 200,000% markup. Think that’s ridiculous? Article by Andrew Seipp for TelClarity The wholesale…
T-minus 24 hours for your input to count
We have just 24 hours until key decision-makers behind the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet Censorship plan begin meeting in Ottawa.1 Please Note: This is your last chance to use…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Your news links for today: Toronto G20, 4 years later: 18 disturbing facts all Canadians should know – cdnpoli on Tumblr Ottawa wants to flush out the “whistleblowers” – La…
EFF: Canadian Court to the Entire World: No Links For You!
Has the B.C. Supreme Court lost its mind? Article by Maira Sutton for EFF The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ordered Google to remove entire domains from its search…
CBC: CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions
Job cuts and a shift away from TV and radio services at the CBC have Canadians wondering: what is the future of our public broadcaster? What do you think the…
OpenMedia launches new tool to enable Canadians to go face to face with those behind international Internet Censorship talks set to kick off in Ottawa
Face2face_eblast.png The secretive meetings concern a wide-ranging 12-country international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Leaked documents suggest Canada’s Internet could become far more expensive, censored, and policed. June 26, 2014…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, June 26, 2014
Your news links for today: CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions – CBC News Shaw profit drops, misses expectations – The Globe and Mail JD Power: Vidéotron and…
They’ll go to any length to keep you out
Your OpenMedia team has just confirmed the location of a new ultra-secretive meeting to finalize the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet censorship plan. It’s taking place in just a few…
These famous Hollywood names are shining a spotlight on TPP censorship
Unexpected new allies are surfacing in the fight against the anti-democratic Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a secretive and extreme deal that experts say would make the Internet more censored, expensive, and…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Your news links for today: Supreme Court Issues Broad Defense of Digital Privacy In Cell Phone Case – TIME Canada Border Services Agency bows to privacy concerns, to keep cross-border…