Hello! Listen up, world leaders! The citizens of the Internet have a few demands. We want to put an end to threats to Internet freedom. Head over to OpenMedia.org/Censorship to send a clear message to world leaders that we will not stand for the closed, censored and policed Internet outlined
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OpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider | Choice and Democracy for Canadians
Hello, A leading Canadian innovator, Phillip Djwa, was recently interviewed by global news to demand more choice and innovative opportunity for Canadians. Canada needs to open its wireless networks if it wants to increase its global competitiveness. In TPP news, Don Davies has highlighted the need for public scrutiny in
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Hello, Big telecom is bad for business! 35 leading innovators have sent a letter to Industry Minister, James Moore, asking him to stop restricting Canadian economic innovation by coddling the Big Three. Canada needs to open its networks to smaller, independent providers to give citizens choice. Speak out now at
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider | Verizon is Out of the Picture
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider | Moore Choice for Cellphone Users
Hello! We’re asking for Moore choice in our cellphone market. It looks like our Industry Minister is taking some of the right steps by publicly speaking out against the Big Three’s misleading PR campaign. So far, it looks like he can talk the talk. But will he walk the walk?
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider from OpenMedia.ca | Online Privacy is an International Issue
Hello! Here is Arielle with your Internet Insider on online privacy as an increasingly international issue. We have recently joined a global coalition of over 100 organizations led by the EFF to stand against unchecked surveillance. Our pro-internet community is acting overseas and within our own borders on the issue
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Internet Insider from OpenMedia.ca | It’s Big Telecom vs Canadians
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update! Arielle gives you the low-down on Big Telecom’s efforts to restrict your choice in this week’s Internet Insider. It’s shaping up to be Big Telecom vs. Canadians. We’re hoping our new Industry Minister James Moore sides with us. Speak out against Big Telecom’s stranglehold
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: You are Paying the Most for the Worst Service | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vic Toews Relents and Resigns | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Here is Arielle with the Weekly News Update on the key role that our pro-internet community had in the resignation of Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews. Toews is infamous for pushing for the costly, invasive and short-sighted online surveillance policy through the now defunct
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Let’s Keep Going, Canada | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia ca
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Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Service Providers Not Copyright Cops | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: This week, we’re discussing an important lawsuit where film studio Voltage Productions is demanding that Teksavvy Solutions, an independent ISP, hand over the private data of users that allegedly violated copyright. Service providers should not be burdened with the task of policing users’ online
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, warns against governments taking control of the Internet
The inventor of the World Wide Web warns that companies and governments are trying to take control of the Internet, undermining the founding principles of the web. He is calling on all web users to demand better legal protection and due process safeguards for the privacy of their online communications,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Outdated Privacy Protections in Canada | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Here is Arielle with your Weekly News Update. We must put pressure on our government to secure our rights to privacy. Already, over 12,000 citizens have asked government to be transparent with Canadians when it comes to who is collecting and storing their private
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Secretive Spying on Canadians | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Here is Arielle with your Weekly News Update, filling you in on the latest privacy threats for Canadians. Last week we heard about the NSA’s PRISM tool in the United States. We have received word that a secretive Canadian spy agency is currently collecting and storing our private information without
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Celebrations for our Cellphone Market | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week the CRTC released the new Code of Conduct for cellphone providers, and Industry Minister Paradis said he would block Telus from taking over Mobilicity. There is still more work to be done, add
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Don’t Let Trade Shut Down the Internet | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week, International organizations have banded together to form the Our Fair Deal International Coalition, advocating for a fair deal to come out of TPP negotiations. As it stands, proposed copyright provisions in the TPP threaten
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Stop New Telecom Fees | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week, OpenMedia is encouraging Canadians to speak out on new telecom fees. You can help push Canada’s political party leaders and Industry Minister, Christian Paradis to put an end to Big Telecom price-gouging at openmedia.ca/fees.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Push Back in the Media | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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