The U.S. is fighting their own online spying bill (CISPA) now. Like our friends in the U.K., American groups are using some of the innovative social media outreach tactics pioneered…
EFF and a number of civil society organizations have declared this to be ‘Stop Cyber Spying Week’ in protest of several controversial U.S. cybersecurity legislative proposals, including the bill currently…
If we end up footing the bill for mandatory online spying for through our taxes—the alternative being that we pay even more on our monthly bills—Big Telecom may be looking…
OpenMedia.ca is participating in a week of Internet-wide protests today against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA). This is a controversial piece of cybersecurity legislation in…
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By Michael Geist The government has placed Bill C-30, the lawful access/online surveillance bill on hold, but there is no reason to believe it is going away. In fact, a…
Next month, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron plans to unveil a new law that would grant their police greater online surveillance capabilities. The bill is strangely reminiscent of Canada’s hotly…
After all this time, all the outcry from Canadians, all the reports from legal and privacy experts, and all the political pushback, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is still up…
Check out this fantastic student-made video about the online spying bill, which Laura Mitchell posted to our Facebook Wall last night. Thanks Laura! read more
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Earlier this year things looked pretty bleak for supporters of online privacy, affordability, and openness. From costly and warrantless online spying, to scary new Internet lockdown restrictions, to a hike…
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By Byron Holland for CIRA On February 27, 2012 CIRA hosted a unique meeting on the future of the Internet in Canada. The Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) brought together leading…
We already know that the government’s online spying plan (C-30) will cost well over $80,000,000. Now, according to Internet law expert Michael Geist, we know that the Canadian Association of…
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Remember when the government said that its Lawful Access Bill C-30 would only cost about $80 Million dollars and then some? What if we told you those estimates are totally…
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Instead of listening to you and the other 117,000 Canadians who demanded an end to the Online Spying bill, the government is going on the PR offensive with a one-two…
By Michael Geist Last week I wrote about the astonishing demands of the Canadian music industry as it seeks a massive overhaul of Bill C-11, the copyright reform bill. The…
Vic Toews has been rampantly spreading his PR spin about the online spying bills through Parliament and through the media with op-eds. He’s using the same, tired talking points to…
