Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Meghan Sali from OpenMedia to provide crowdsourced testimony to Parliamentary committee about how Bill S-4 will undermine privacy and lead to widespread abuse of copyright system
Sali will amplify the voices of Canadians and experts worried about how Bill S-4 would massively expand the warrantless disclosure of personal information
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Historic Win for Internet as FCC announces strong new rules to save Net Neutrality after over 5 million Internet users spoke out
February 26, 2015 – The Federal Communications Commission has just announced strong new Net Neutrality rules. Experts say the new rules will entrench net neutrality and prevent telecom conglomerates from creating ‘slow lanes’ on the Internet. The rules came after a massive, year-long grassroots campaign involving over 5 million people from across the U.S. and around the globe. The campaign was organized by an inspiring coalition of open Internet groups, public interest groups, civil rights organizations and web companies. Internet freedom organization OpenMedia, which yesterday parked a giant Jumbotron opposite the FCC to stream thousands of citizen comments, is hailing the FCC’s announcement as a landmark win for Internet users everywhere.
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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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Local 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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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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Big Telecom customer mistreatment is still running rampant, as official report confirms 11,340 complaints in just 12 months
CCTS Annual Report reveals sharp 74% rise in complaints about misleading wireless contracts. Bell and its subsidiaries accounted for over 40% of all telecom complaints.
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MPs should listen to Canadians and support Liberal bill to make spy agency CSEC more transparent and accountable to citizens
Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC
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OpenMedia.ca builds definitive case for opening Canada’s wireless networks to lower prices for all Canadians
Following official confirmation from the Competition Bureau that the Big Three are artificially keeping prices high, OpenMedia and CIPPIC's joint submission to the CRTC sets out common sense steps for fixing Canada’s broken wireless market
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Canadians are working together to shape a pro-privacy action plan, to help address government’s stark privacy deficit
Launch of new pro-privacy crowdsourcing initiative comes just days after Peter MacKay’s online spying Bill C-13 passes House of Commons, and follows over a year of revelations about the activities of Canada’s spy agency CSEC
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