Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Advocates celebrate new powers by oversight bodies to impose financial penalties on telecom companies that break the rules
Following years-long campaign, CRTC is now empowered to levy financial penalties against telecom providers who mistreat customers
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Revealed: Holiday pricing change from Shaw means 10% higher fees and 40% slower Internet service
READ PRESS RELEASELocal tech leaders launch #StepUp4Net fundraising campaign for digital rights organization OpenMedia
Fundraising drive challenges tech community to step up and defend the free and open Internet with matching donations up to $50,000
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Supreme Court ruling permitting warrantless cell phone searches underlines need for much stronger legal privacy safeguards, says OpenMedia.ca
READ PRESS RELEASEAs high-level TPP talks continue in Washington D.C., OpenMedia holds face-to-face meetings with key negotiators to demand end to secrecy
Demands grow to release full text of Trans-Pacific Partnership to enable public debate about proposals that would make the Internet more expensive, censored, and policed
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As high-level TPP talks continue in Washington D.C., OpenMedia holds face-to-face meetings with key negotiators to demand end to secrecy
Thursday December 11, 2014 – As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks continue in Washington, D.C., negotiators are set to feel the heat from public interest groups outraged at the secrecy surrounding the talks. The organizations say it’s past time for TPP negotiators to follow the example of the European Commission which recently released to the public the draft text of a similar Trans-Atlantic deal.
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OpenMedia takes detailed input from 30,000 Canadians to crucial CRTC hearing that will decide future of Internet access in Canada
READ PRESS RELEASEMassive government privacy breach of famous Canadians shows urgent need for far stronger protections to safeguard Canadians’ data
High-profile figures including Margaret Atwood and Jean Chretien among the victims of latest in a long string of government privacy breaches affecting over 725,000 of us
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Government’s Facebook mass spying plan will further erode privacy of law-abiding Canadians
READ PRESS RELEASEPresident Obama’s call for strong rules against Internet slow lanes a positive sign for Internet users around the world
OpenMedia commends Obama’s commitment to strong rules that would protect the open Internet, including Canadian Internet users and businesses.
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