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The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a coalition of Internet activists organized a rally at San Francisco City Hall in support of net neutrality. Photo: Dave Maass/flickr
New Year, New Fight: 2017 in review and the battle ahead for digital rights
Marie Aspiazu, Digital Freedom Update | 2017 was a rollercoaster for internet advocates worldwide, filled with both exciting, hard-won victories and devastating decisions that will have ramifications as we come into the new year.
Columnists
Rally to protect net neutrality. Photo: Victoria Pickering/flickr
Net neutrality masks the threat of tech monopolies
Rick Salutin | Net neutrality has become the banner waved by those trying to save the unique virtues of the internet. Unfortunately, there's more gatekeeping on the internet than just by ISPs.
Columnists
AT&T merger with Time Warner would pose major threat to privacy and net neutrality
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | If AT&T is allowed to buy Time Warner, it will form an enormous, "vertically integrated" company that controls a vast pool of content and how people access that content.
Columnists
Five big challenges for our digital rights in 2016
David Christopher, Digital Freedom Update | Looking ahead to 2016, one thing is clear: challenges to our digital rights are set to intensify. Here are the five big ones that we will face this year.
Columnists
A spineless FCC can't protect the Internet backbone
Wayne MacPhail | Cable and telephone companies have lusted after an Internet they control for years. And last week a toothless and gutless Federal Communications Commission wrote the first act of their dream.
Columnists
All-encompassing surveillance or 21st-century citizenship?
Steve Anderson | Legislation, if passed, will allow a range of 'authorities' to use the Internet (including mobile devices) to collect our private information without a warrant.
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Herdict
| Herdict is a crowdsourcing project showcases instances of Internet inaccessibility around the world
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Why Internet monitoring is bad for Canada
Steve Anderson | Internet surveillance laws promised by the Harper government will make warrantless seizure of our personal information legal. There will be no means to track the use of these unchecked powers.
Blog
Casting an Open Net
Canada's digital future is in jeopardy, but the pro-Internet community has a plan
Lindsey Pinto | Casting An Open Net is the first comprehensive report that establishes the need for the principle of openness to guide digital policy in Canada.
Columnists
Vote Mob: For the engine of social change
Steve Anderson, Shea Sinnott, Glyn Lewis | Internet governance has come to a head in this country. Now is the time to take a stand in the federal election.
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The UBB fight starts with a simple message: Sell Bell
Bill Wittur | We can resist increasing Internet service costs in Canada by cancelling and boycotting services connected with the companies behind them. Here's how to cut down your use of Bell Canada or BCE Inc.
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Make 2011 the year of Internet innovation
Steve Anderson | There is a growing community focused on openness, with the open Internet at its core. We need to apply pressure on the Big Service Providers to keep them from monopolizing access and communication.