http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/30755/0 en http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2017/01/legislating-against-fake-news-leads-us-down-path-to-censorship <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>If you've opened your eyes in the last two months, you'll know that there's a new boogeyman coming to deceive you and your family: the phenomenon of "fake news."</p> <p>The spectre of fake news has been flooding the airwaves -- with a noticeable uptick since the U.S. federal election in November -- and it seems to be gaining steam with every passing day.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2017/01/legislating-against-fake-news-leads-us-down-path-to-censorship" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:33:50 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 127349 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/11/openmedia-meeting-public-safety-emphasized-importance-genuine-con <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>Yesterday, we met with top officials at Public Safety Canada to discuss ongoing privacy concerns shared by Canadians across the country.</p> <p>Right now, the ministry is running a public consultation about Bill C-51, privacy, and national security, asking for feedback from Canadians on some of the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/11/openmedia-meeting-public-safety-emphasized-importance-genuine-con" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:13:20 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 126626 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/10/will-european-commissions-copyright-rules-spell-destruction-wikim <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>The European Commission's Copyright Directive -- full of bad ideas, or full of the worst ideas ever?</p> <p>That's the question that many of us campaigning for positive copyright reform are asking ourselves in the wake of the Commission's recently announced copyright package.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/10/will-european-commissions-copyright-rules-spell-destruction-wikim" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:23:20 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 126233 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/why-our-work-supreme-court-matters-case-study <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>As many of you already know, OpenMedia is busy working on an intervention on a&nbsp;<a href="https://openmedia.org/en/openmedia-defending-your-free-expression-supreme-court" rel="nofollow">critical Supreme Court case</a>&nbsp;being heard this winter. We'll be filing our final arguments next week, and we're thrilled to be a part of the conversation around this case, which will have broad implications for the future of access to information and free expression online.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/why-our-work-supreme-court-matters-case-study" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:39:46 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 126181 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/report-on-tpps-economic-cost-ignores-potential-damage-to-innovati <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>A just-published&nbsp;<a href="http://international.gc.ca/economist-economiste/analysis-analyse/tpp_ei-re_ptp.aspx?lang=eng" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">government assessment</a>&nbsp;of the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) fails to consider the damage the TPP will cause to Canada's digital economy. The report completely ignores mounting evidence that the TPP's extreme copyright rules will cost jobs, undermine innovation, and cause millions in economic losses.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/report-on-tpps-economic-cost-ignores-potential-damage-to-innovati" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:45:15 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 126010 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/openmedia-defending-your-free-expression-supreme-court <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><strong>This is a big moment for the OpenMedia community.&nbsp;</strong>For the first time, your OpenMedia team will be formally intervening in a court proceeding to protect the free expression rights of global Internet users --and at the Supreme Court no less!</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/openmedia-defending-your-free-expression-supreme-court" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:23:47 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 126022 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/bell-promises-to-run-fibre-to-churchill-manitoba-small-price-acqu <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>Bell Canada, in its desperation to acquire Manitoba's fourth wireless carrier, Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS), has unwittingly become the butt of our office jokes.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/09/bell-promises-to-run-fibre-to-churchill-manitoba-small-price-acqu" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:27:50 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 125892 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/07/qu%C3%A9bec-gambling-internet-censorship-what-bill-74-and-how-can-we-k <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>The province of Québec has just accomplished a rare feat: it has everyone, including Internet freedom advocates, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), website operators, and even the federal government shaking their heads in unison.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2016/07/qu%C3%A9bec-gambling-internet-censorship-what-bill-74-and-how-can-we-k" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:33:39 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 125200 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2016/04/real-poison-pill-tpp <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Friday, April 1, 2016</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/om_dfu_3.jpg" alt="" title="" width="120" height="120" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>Canadians have many reasons to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive international trade agreement that, if ratified, will result in restrictive new rules governing our daily lives, from how we use the Internet, to how much we pay for medicine.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Canadians have many reasons to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But the real poison pill in the TPP lies in its &quot;investor-state dispute settlement&quot; mechanism. Here&#039;s why. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2016/04/real-poison-pill-tpp" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:04:56 +0000 rabble staff 123758 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2016/02/why-netflix-cracking-down-on-essential-privacy-tools <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, February 2, 2016</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/om_dfu_1.jpg" alt="" title="" width="120" height="120" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>When David Fullagar, Netflix Vice President of Content Delivery Architecture, <a href="https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/evolving-proxy-detection-as-a-global-service" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> recently that the company would be cracking down on users who employ privacy tools while watching Netflix, you could practically hear the groans reverberate across the globe.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> When Netflix announced recently that the company would be cracking down on users who employ privacy tools while using the service, you could practically hear the groans reverberate across the globe. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2016/02/why-netflix-cracking-down-on-essential-privacy-tools" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:27:45 +0000 rabble staff 122719 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/11/tpp-internet-censorship-and-trudeaus-first-big-test-prime-minister <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Monday, November 2, 2015</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/digitalfreedomupdate_colour_10.jpg" alt="" title="" width="120" height="120" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. <a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank">Chip in</a> to keep stories like these coming.</em></p> <p><a href="https://secure.rabble.ca/donate/" target="_blank"><img src="/sites/rabble/files/node-images/donategreen.png" width="120" height="30" /></a></p> <p>Do you squeeze oranges expecting apple juice?</p> <p>Of course not. So Canadians shouldn't be surprised when an undemocratic process like the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations yields an undemocratic result.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Although the previous government signed Canada on to the TPP, it will still need to be approved by the new Liberal government. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/11/tpp-internet-censorship-and-trudeaus-first-big-test-prime-minister" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:46:45 +0000 rabble staff 121314 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/06/future-internet-on-line <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, June 2, 2015</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/digitalfreedomupdate_colour_5.jpg" alt="" title="" width="120" height="120" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>One of the <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/12/start/apocalypse-no" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">big promises</a> we were made about the Internet was its potential to revolutionize the way that we interact with the world around us. The Internet enables us to transcend our physical restrictions and travel the world; it allows us to access and ingest research, art, culture and knowledge that would have in the past been stored in libraries and other physical archives, inaccessible to many.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Internet enables us to transcend our physical restrictions and travel the world. But now lobbyists for old media conglomerates have a plan to restrict where we travel online, by censoring links. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/06/future-internet-on-line" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:18:04 +0000 rabble staff 118352 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/04/how-digital-privacy-act-s-4-could-bring-copyright-trolls-to-canada <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-publish-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thursday, April 2, 2015</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image-for-node"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/120-width-scaled/node-images/digitalfreedomupdate_colour_3.jpg" alt="" title="" width="120" height="120" class="imagecache imagecache-120-width-scaled imagecache-default imagecache-120-width-scaled_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Canada's system of copyright enforcement is internationally recognized as a next-generation approach -- striking a balance between the rights of artists and creators and those of Internet users. Our system is designed to protect people from false claims of infringement and needless takedowns of legitimate online speech.</p> <p>We have cause to be proud of this made-in-Canada solution that was won after a lengthy consultation and only came fully into force this past January. The system is known as "notice and notice" and obliges an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to deliver notices alleging copyright infringement to its customers. &nbsp;</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-summary"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Any extension of powers for ISPs to voluntarily make warrantless disclosures of private information would be exposing Canadians to great risk, and undermining our domestic democratic process. </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/columnists/2015/04/how-digital-privacy-act-s-4-could-bring-copyright-trolls-to-canada" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:01:57 +0000 rabble staff 117172 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2014/12/heading-to-dc-to-show-decision-makers-internet-users-%E2%80%98gon-run-thi <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em>This post is from OpenMedia and does not represent the Fair Deal Coalition.</em></p> <p>On behalf of OpenMedia and our growing international community of supporters, I have been given a fantastic opportunity to deliver the voices of everyday Internet users to people in power. As you read this, I am sitting on a plane en route to Washington, D.C., where I will meet with some of the most important decision-makers in the world on digital rights issues, including negotiators from several participating Trans-Pacific Partnership countries.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2014/12/heading-to-dc-to-show-decision-makers-internet-users-%E2%80%98gon-run-thi" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:35:48 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 115013 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2014/10/express-yourself-dont-repress-yourself <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p>This article is a part of a series on the <a href="https://openmedia.org/digitalfuture?src=blg" rel="nofollow">Our Digital Future</a> report, our crowdsourced roadmap for Free Expression that proposes fair and balanced copyright reform for the 21st Century. <a href="https://openmedia.org/blog/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-find-out-what-it-means-creators" rel="nofollow">See Part 1 here</a>.</p> <p>Put on your glasses, nerds, it’s gonna be a wild ride.</p> <p>A new leaked draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Intellectual Property chapter was <a href="https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip2/" rel="nofollow">released by Wikileaks</a> late last week, and although the provisions change from leak to leak, this one confirms our greatest fears: <strong>it’s still going to censor our Internet</strong>.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/openmediaca/2014/10/express-yourself-dont-repress-yourself" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:07:41 +0000 OpenMedia.ca 113953 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca