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                <title><![CDATA[Fix Bill C-34: No ban. No Surveillance!]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bill C-34, the so-called "Safe Social Media Act," bundles real platform accountability through a 'duty of care,' and a preemptive social media ban enforced by privacy-invasive age verification for every Canadian. The same child safety goals can be met through safety by design—without turning every user's identity into a compliance checkpoint. Tell your MP: fix online platforms, don't ban or surveil users. Amend Bill C-34 today!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bill C-22, the so-called “Lawful Access Act,” is now in the Senate. The bill still carries surveillance powers that threaten the rights and privacy of all Canadians. Sign the petition to demand the Senate to reform Bill C-22!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia&#8217;s survey report and 2026 review submission: A modernized Privacy Act for Canadians]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Nearly 4,700 of Canadians told us what they wanted from a modernized Privacy Act. We turned that into policy recommendations for the 2026 Review of Canada’s decades-old Privacy Act.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Nos données, ce n&#8217;est pas de la monnaie politique]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/nos-donnees-ce-nest-pas-de-la-monnaie-politique</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[En ce moment, les gens au Canada ont peu de protection contre les pratiques nuisibles de gestion des données des partis politiques — du profilage intrusif au marketing politique ciblé sans consentement réel, en passant par les fuites de données. Dis à ton député·e : assujettis les partis politiques aux lois sur la protection de la vie privée !]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia Survey: Your Voice on Digital Safety]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Protecting people online is important, but so are privacy, free expression, and other fundamental rights. As Canada considers Bill C-34, we're asking our community what online safety legislation should look like. Online safety laws affect all of us – take our survey before August 2.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Have your say on digital safety: OpenMedia survey open through August 2]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/have-your-say-on-digital-safety-openmedia-survey-open-through-august-2</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canada's proposed Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, would introduce age verification requirements, a legal duty of care for social media platforms, and much more. We are asking Canadians what they think about these measures through August 2.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Our Data Isn&#8217;t Political Currency]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/our-data-isnt-political-currency</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Right now, people in Canada have little protection from political parties’ harmful data practices—from invasive profiling and targeted political marketing without meaningful consent to data breaches. Tell your MP: bring political parties under privacy laws!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[What Political Parties Can Collect About You in Canada – and How We Can Fix It]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/what-political-parties-can-collect-about-you-in-canada-and-how-we-can-fix-it</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[In Canada, political parties can collect your data—including from data brokers—without the same privacy protections that apply to businesses and public institutions. Learn how you can help change that.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Canadians don&#8217;t trust the government with their data, and they told us why]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/canadians-dont-trust-the-government-with-their-data-and-they-told-us-why</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Over 4,600 Canadians told OpenMedia what they want from a modernized Privacy Act. The community has a clear ask on data sharing, transparency, and AI.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Young Canadians Are Ready for Privacy Reform. Is Parliament?]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[UBC students partnered with OpenMedia to find out how young Canadians feel about their digital privacy rights. The answer? They care deeply but feel powerless. With Bill C-36 just introduced in Parliament, will Canada finally get the privacy law reform people deserve?]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Government prematurely ends debate on Bill C-22 without dealing with dangerous surveillance powers]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/press/item/government-prematurely-ends-debate-on-bill-c-22-without-dealing-with-dangerous-surveillance-powers</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia condemns ramming through of secret-order regime days before the House rises]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Call Out the Broken Rogers-Shaw Deal]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canadians were promised the Rogers-Shaw deal would benefit all of us. Three years in, Rogers is falling short on jobs, 5G, prices, and service — and ISED hasn't said a word. Tell them to enforce what they promised Canadians.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Safe Social Media Act needs major fixes]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/press/item/new-digital-safety-act-needs-major-fixes</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Safety legislation is one step forward, two steps back]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia Testifies Before SECU: Limited Amendments Will Not Fix Bill C-22]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/openmedia-testifies-before-secu-limited-amendments-will-not-fix-bill-c-22</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bill C-22 is designed to be maximally flexible for the government and minimally protective for Canadians. It is a foundational problem that light amendments cannot fix.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia Urges Senate: Finish the Job of Fixing the Flawed Bill C-8]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/openmedia-urges-senate-finish-the-job-of-fixing-the-flawed-bill-c-8</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canada's cybersecurity bill could weaken the very protections it claims to offer. OpenMedia testified before the Senate to push for four critical fixes to close the privacy gaps in Bill C-8.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Discover the 2026 Cohort: OpenMedia Summer Fellowship]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/discover-the-2026-cohort-openmedia-summer-fellowship</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia announces its inaugural cohort for the 2026 Summer Fellowship. Six outstanding next-gen policy changes will join the team to explore innovative approaches to pressing challenges in AI, online harms, and democracy.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia to SECU: Withdraw Bill C-22 or gut its surveillance provisions]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/openmedia-to-secu-withdraw-bill-c-22-or-gut-its-surveillance-provisions</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia submits a brief to SECU, demanding withdrawal of Bill C-22 or major overhaul of its surveillance powers, before the committee concludes hearing witnesses on May 26.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Beyond Copyright: Is Canada Ready to Protect Our Faces and Voices in the Age of Generative AI?]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/beyond-copyright-is-canada-ready-to-protect-our-faces-and-voices-in-the-age-of-generative-ai</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[AI can clone your face and voice in seconds. From deepfake porn to voice fraud, the harms are already here. So why does Canada have almost no law to protect you?]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Alberta’s massive voter data breach is just the beginning]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/press/item/privacy-breach-that-affects-2.9-million-albertans-just-a-start-unless-parliament-apply-privacy-rules-to-political-parties</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Privacy breach that affects 2.9 million Albertans just a start unless Parliament apply privacy rules to political parties]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia’s Guide and Survey on the 2026 Privacy Act Review]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/openmedia-survey-tell-ottawa-how-to-fix-the-privacy-act</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canada's Privacy Act hasn't been updated in 40 years. As the government finally opens a review, OpenMedia is launching a survey to make sure ordinary Canadians have a say. Here's what's at stake — and why your voice matters.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Glass Room Misinformation Edition is Coming to BC]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/the-glass-room-misinformation-edition-is-coming-to-bc</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia brings the Glass Room exhibit to British Columbia to help communities understand misinformation and take control of their digital lives.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[AI is Coming for Canada’s Democracy]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/ai-is-coming-for-canadas-democracy</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia's Executive Director Matt Hatfield testified at the Senate on what AI means for Canadian democracy.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[New poll: political parties dead last on privacy trust]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/press/item/new-poll-political-parties-dead-last-on-privacy-trust</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Ipsos survey finds strong public support for effective privacy rules and external oversight of federal political parties. ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Civil Society to Parliament: Kill Bill C-22]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/press/item/civil-society-to-parliament-kill-bill-c-22</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[More than 25 leading rights and privacy organizations and experts call for full withdrawal of the Lawful Access Act, warning it would be "the most expansive invasion of Canadian privacy rights in modern history"]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Combattons les préjudices en ligne : le Canada a besoin d&#8217;une obligation de diligence]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Le Canada n'a AUCUNE règle pour nous protéger des préjudices en ligne à l'ère de l'IA. Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de tarder davantage. Dites à votre député·e : adoptez maintenant une loi respectueuse des droits sur les préjudices en ligne, avec une véritable obligation de diligence!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Fight Online Harms: Canada Needs Duty of Care]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canada has ZERO rules protecting us from AI-era online harms. We can't afford further delay. Tell your MP: pass rights-respecting online harms law with real Duty of Care now!]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Social Media Ban for Youth and Children: Protection or Punishment?]]></title>
                <link>https://openmedia.org/article/item/social-media-ban-for-youth-and-children-protection-or-punishment</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Canada is edging toward a social media ban for youth and children, but the cure might come with its own complications.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[OpenMedia Summer Fellowship 2026: Next-Gen Policy Changemakers Wanted!]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[OpenMedia is looking for six passionate changemakers to join our Summer Fellowship 2026 cohort. It’s a three-month deep dive into the heart of digital rights, advocacy, and community power.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Ottawa Repackages Its Surveillance Backdoor in Bill C-22]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bill C-22 lays the groundwork for a Canadian surveillance state.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Rethinking Online Harms in the AI Era: OpenMedia’s First Community Chat]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Longtime supporters and next-gen advocates across Canada came together in our first Media Riff-Raff to explore AI-era online harms.]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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