It’s been called the “Most dangerous Canadian Internet bill you’ve never heard of”. But some folk will tell you it’s just a common sense approach to protecting kids — and who could say no to that! So ...

The long-awaited report from the Broadcast and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel is finally out! This panel was established in June of 2018 to propose updates to Canada’s media and ...

Jenna is the Senior Campaigner at OpenMedia, an internet governance enthusiast and a public policy nerd. Her interests intersect the technicality of internet technology and public participation in ...

An alarming number of privacy violations are coming from just one sector of our digital economy. Enabled and empowered by weak privacy laws, these organizations are taking advantage of the Internet by ...

A version of this article by our Laura Tribe was originally published by Common Ground magazine, and by Rabble.ca. You may not be aware that a device named after an unusual sea creature poses a ...

Update: Bill C-10 has been replaced by Bill C-11 (Online Streaming Act), for up-to-date information check out our latest blog "What's Wrong with Bill C-11: An FAQ". “CanCon” is Canadian content — TV ...

When you buy a smartphone or a laptop, that device should be completely yours; you ought to be able to do what you want with it. If you drop your phone off the fifth floor, and the screen breaks, you ...

Is Elon Musk a unique problem? Yes. And also– no. Yes, his direct involvement in gutting large sections of America’s government without clear authority to do so is unprecedented, and deeply concerning ...

We need to talk about Elon Musk and the rise of the tech oligarchs. For over 15 years, money and power have been bleeding from citizens and elected governments, to the founders of a small number of ...

Making sense of how Parliament’s prorogation, the looming election and foreign threats coming south of the border are pulling the strings on digital legislation. Millions of Canadians' data flow ...

It’s about to be blocked on several major online platforms. Canadian Internet users will not be able to share links to Canadian news outlet websites on Instagram or Facebook, or see links to their ...

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