Q&A: David Lyon talks about surveillance after Snowden
Do we really need to sacrifice our our rights to protect our security? Surveillance expert David Lyon says no, in a Q&A on his new book, Surveillance After Snowden. Article…
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NDP shows support for Canada’s Digital Future
This election, we’ve been focusing on the future of the Internet that Canadians need to build our digital economy. We crowdsourced our vision from over 125,000 Canadians, and have sent…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, October 5, 2015
Your news links for today: Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement reached – CBC News TPP Negotiations Conclude: What Next for the Trade Deal Without a Public Text? – Michael Geist ELI5…
Trans-Pacific Partnership countries announce agreement reached, posing serious threat to global Internet users
Screen Shot 2015-10-05 at 7.45.41 AM.png Largest and most secretive agreement in the world’s history covers 40% of global trade and contains provisions to censor the Internet and rob the…
OpenMedia Helps Launch the Global Connect Initiative
At OpenMedia, we believe people can build a more connected and collaborative world through an Internet that is open and equally accessible to everyone. And promoting affordable access for the…
France’s plan to legalize mass surveillance will give it the power to spy on the world
Its not breaking the law anymore when you change the laws you were breaking…right? Article by Corey Doctorow for Boing Boing After getting caught breaking its own laws with a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, October 2, 2015
Your news links for today: Why is it so hard to convince people to care about privacy? – The Guardian Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘Privacy Is A Fundamental Human Right’…
Investing in our digital future is critical to strengthening Canada’s economy
This article from our David Christopher was originally published by Rabble.ca “It’s the economy, stupid!” That well-known political aphorism was first coined over 20 years ago by James Carville, a…
660 News: Trans-Pacific Partnership remains a hot election issue
Article by 660 News Staff and Canadian Press Stephen Harper’s rivals say they have not been consulted on a possible Trans-Pacific trade deal to be struck with 11 other countries.…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, October 1, 2015
Your news links for today: Leaked Email Shows Canada’s Foreign Ministry Is Pissed That Staff Are Leaking Secret Docs – VICE News So why all the secrecy on TPP? –…
Geist: Make universal, affordable broadband an election issue.
Less than 3 weeks away from the election, and still no mention of universal, affordable broadband Internet access…Why are political parties silent on this issue? Article by Michael Geist for…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Your news links for today: Why Universal, Affordable Internet Access Should be 2015 Election Campaign Issue – Michael Geist The TPP End Game and the Canadian Election – Michael Geist…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Your news links for today: The Big Secret That Makes the FBI’s Anti-Encryption Campaign a Big Lie – The Intercept Carly Fiorina: I Supplied HP Servers for NSA Snooping –…