OpenMedia5d
European Commission’s decision to exclude citizens’ feedback from its own public consultation will undermine trust in EU institutions
The European Commission today released its preliminary analysis on its Public consultation on the regulatory environment for platforms, online intermediaries, data and cloud computing and the ...
OpenMedia7d
They’ll go to any length to keep you out
Your OpenMedia team has just confirmed the location of a new ultra-secretive meeting to finalize the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) Internet censorship plan. It’s taking place in just a few days in ...
OpenMedia8d
For these large publishers, it was always about undermining our Right to Link
All over the world, media publishing giants are lobbying to restrict linking on the Internet. That’s why we launched our ‘Save the Link’ campaign. We made it explicit from the start that we knew what ...
OpenMedia27d
The Absolute Bare Minimum: Privacy and the New Bill C-27
The Canadian government has taken the first step towards creating new privacy rights for people in Canada. After a failed attempt in 2020 and three years of inaction since the proposal of the digital ...
OpenMedia27d
Your voice, DELIVERED: 103,000+ petition signers urge Senate to fix Bill C-11!
103,000+ community signatures. A TWO THOUSAND-page petition. ONE passionate movement to protect our feeds, content, and online choice. The power of your voice has delivered some of our biggest wins ...
OpenMedia27d
What’s wrong with the Link Tax? (an FAQ)
The Link Tax can sometimes be confused with the Streaming Tax, another one of Guilbeault's harebrained policies he's pushing forward at the same time. If you have a question about the Streaming Tax, ...
OpenMedia27d
Beyond C-10: Inside the government’s plan to suspend Internet users and block website access
While we’ve all been distracted by the government’s bumbling overreach with Bill C-10, they’ve launched yet another attack on our online rights and freedoms: a Bell-backed proposal to give the ...
OpenMedia27d
Geist: Netflix Taxes and Canadian Digital Issues in the Election Spotlight
This week my regular technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) focused on the long election campaign and the prospect that digital issues might get some time in the spotlight. The ...
OpenMedia1mon
What’s happening with the Internet Archive?
If you’ve been on social media recently, you may have seen all the buzz around the Internet Archive. Here's what's going down: for two years, Big Media publishers have been embroiled in a lawsuit ...
OpenMedia1mon
Tag: voter privacy
The top privacy breaches of all time by political parties ...
OpenMedia1mon
Tag: data protection
What kinds of information are deserving of special protection under Canadian privacy law? We explore the current landscape in light of Canada's proposed privacy laws, and look to other jurisdictions ...
OpenMedia1mon
Tag: data scandal
Yesterday, Christopher Wylie, former director of research at Cambridge Analytica, testified before a Canadian parliamentary committee and answered questions on the state of privacy, including a ...