Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Bell Mobility is taking Canadians to court so it can keep artificially inflating the price of competing apps and services
In an effort to make Internet services more like cable TV, Bell is trying to overturn a CRTC decision forcing the company to respect net neutrality and treat independent video services fairly on their network
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Messages from Internet users to be beamed on Giant Jumbotron outside U.S. FCC, in run-up to crucial Net Neutrality decision with major implications for Canada
Vancouver-based Internet freedom group OpenMedia, with support from diverse coalition, including Daily Kos, Tumblr, Fark, The Center for Media Justice, Roots Action, and The Nation, to park giant Jumbotron outside FCC headquarters and stream thousands of messages and images from citizens
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New spy powers will undermine privacy of Canadians, and fails to address inadequate control and accountability of spy agencies
New measures to undermine privacy proposed just days after the government’s spy agency CSE revealed to be spying on private online activities of law-abiding Canadians on a massive scale
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In big win for Internet users, CRTC finds Bell Mobility unlawfully made competing mobile video apps and services more expensive
Following case taken by concerned Canadians and public interest groups, CRTC says mobile providers cannot markup independent services like Netflix to give their own content an unfair advantage
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Breaking - Spy agency CSE is monitoring our private online activities on a massive scale and sharing sensitive data with other governments
Canadian spy agency has been caught monitoring over 100 popular file-storage websites, spying on millions of downloads a day, with Canadian Internet addresses among the targets
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Obama Administration to provide citizens with faster, cheaper Internet while Canada falls behind
Internet advocates celebrate Obama’s move, and point to it as the type of action required to get Canada’s Internet rates and speeds on par with global counterparts.
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Canadians demanding James Moore take action to end media conglomerates’ $150,000 copyright shakedown
U.S. media giants are sending Canadians threatening notices telling them they could face $150,000 lawsuits and get kicked kicked off the Internet – neither of which are possible under Canadian law
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Shaw is trying to force indie Internet providers to artificially raise prices for Canadians
New move blocks Canadians from affordable Internet alternatives, in attempt to force independent providers to raise prices in line with Shaw’s recent steep price hike
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New copyright law is already being abused to threaten Canadian Internet users with ridiculous penalties for downloading
Government needs to take action to prevent foreign Big Media companies from sending misleading notices that threaten $150,000 lawsuits and disconnection from the Internet
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