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Watch: How can Canadians restore their privacy rights?

rabble staff — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:09:38 +0000

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OpenMedia.ca worked with 125,000 Canadians to shape a positive crowdsourced plan to repeal Bill C-51 and restore our privacy rights. Learn more at https://PrivacyPlan.ca

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OpenMedia.ca worked with 125,000 Canadians to shape a positive crowdsourced plan to repeal Bill C-51 and restore our privacy rights. Learn more at https://PrivacyPlan.ca

Video: How a supposed cyberbullying law helps the government track you online

rabble staff — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:30:45 +0000

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March 10, 2014

Bill C-13 would give a range of authorities access to your private information without a warrant. Thousands of Canadians are speaking out against Peter MacKay's new online spying legislation.

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Thousands of Canadians are speaking out against Peter MacKay's new online spying legislation. Bill C-13 would give a range of authorities access to your private information without a warrant. Join the campaign to stop government spying and to keep your online activities private -- join Canada's largest-ever pro-privacy coalition today at http://OurPrivacy.ca

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Time for Big Telecom to face the facts

OpenMedia.ca — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:25:45 +0000

This week the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development confirmed what Canadians have been saying for years: that we pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst cell phone service in the industrialized world. The new data was released on Monday and supports many of the findings from OpenMedia.ca’s community-driven report, Time for an Upgrade.

Government surveillance exploits access to our data

OpenMedia.ca — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:33:22 +0000

Government spying has been a hot topic of late, thanks to the recent revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency has been spying on American and foreign citizens by vacuuming up huge amounts of communications data directly from big telecom companies. This was quickly followed by the announcement that Canada’s spy agency, the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), has been conducting its own secretive surveillance of innocent citizens.

NSA whistleblowers have been sounding the alarm for ten years

OpenMedia.ca — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:30:08 +0000

The U.S. National Security Agency has been in hot water for the last few weeks, as whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed a massive online spying system that has been vacuuming up huge amounts of communications data from U.S. and foreign citizens. Over half-a-million people have rallied against the warrantless spying, and demonstrations are taking place on the ground today.

Civil liberties, pro-democracy, privacy rights, and open Internet groups call for answers on secret government spying program

OpenMedia.ca — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:21:13 +0000

A group of organizations focused on civil liberties, pro-democracy, privacy rights, and open access to the Internet have joined to together to demand answers and immediate action from the government after it was revealed that a secretive government agency has been spying on the telephone and Internet activities of individuals, including law-abiding Canadians.

Cell Phone Providers Step Up their Price Gouging

OpenMedia.ca — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:18:55 +0000

This is exactly what we at OpenMedia.ca were afraid would happen. It looks like we’re about to see new texting charges imposed on our telecom bills for no reason. Telus has already sent a message to customers announcing an arbitrary new fee on text messages that cross the Canada-U.S. border. It’s a cash grab and everyone knows it, but we can stop Big Telecom’s new fees if you raise your voice now.

Michael Froman: Don't criminalize our Internet use

OpenMedia.ca — Thu, 09 May 2013 22:50:19 +0000

“The biggest global threat to the Internet”: That’s how legal experts describe the controversial international agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP agreement threatens to criminalize the use of your favorite websites—including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and your favourite blog—and even your online comments.

Is Bell taking over Astral to get millions in public subsidies?

OpenMedia.ca — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:46:16 +0000

Last year telecom giant Bell unleashed a new $3.4B plan to take control of Astral Media, one of Canada’s largest media companies. Canada has one of the most highly concentrated media systems in the industrialized world, and this deal would only make this situation worse by giving Bell a monopolistic share of the media market.

Is CISPA dead? U.S. spying bill may be back

OpenMedia.ca — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:47:43 +0000

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week, after a last-minute amendment that some have argued will allow for even broader application of the bill. It is now awaiting a vote in the Senate, though the Senators don’t seem to be in any hurry to get to it.

Stop the Trap: OpenMedia's campaign to oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership

OpenMedia.ca — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:04:55 +0000

Imagine a world where you could be dragged to court and receive a large fine for simply clicking on the wrong link, where service providers would hand over information about your online activities without privacy safeguards, and where online content could be removed by big media conglomerates at will.

Campaign: Stop the cell phone squeeze

OpenMedia.ca — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:11:33 +0000

On the eve of a critical new wireless spectrum auction, we have reports that the Big Three cell phone giants (who already control almost 94 per cent of the market) are trying to trick the government into shutting independent competitors out of the market. They're trying to block competitors from being able to use essential wireless spectrum. These giant phone companies are going so far as to use high-priced lobbyists and one is even using a fake grassroots campaign.

If the Big Three succeed, they will:

- Squeeze independent providers out of the cell phone market.

- Squeeze Canadians into binding longer-term contracts with disrespectful customer service.

Letter to supporters: You and half-a-million Canadians changed the Internet

OpenMedia.ca — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:51:42 +0000

This is what we've been waiting for. Together we've stopped Big Telecom's plan to impose usage-based billing (Internet metering) on all Canadians. Big phone and cable companies tried to rig the market but they were caught red-handed.

A year ago the CRTC decided that big telecom giants could force their small competitors to adopt metered billing. This would have killed Big Telecom's independent competitors, and it would have meant a more expensive and controlled Internet for all Canadians. It was this outrageous move that led OpenMedia.ca to launch the now half-a-million strong Stop The Meter petition that forced the CRTC to reconsider their plan.