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CSEC building in Ottawa. Photo: Eshko Timiou/Wikimedia Commons
CSEC's rigged election scare an excuse to invade our privacy
Matthew Behrens | CSEC believes the glorious act of Canadian democracy is under threat from nefarious foreign actors, but they refuse to accept that the system itself is the problem.
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China's dystopian 'social credit' surveillance system could move to Canada
Abigail Curlew | China's "Social Credit System" pilot project aggregates a wide variety of data to rate citizens as desirable or undesirable. Canada is not exempt from this dystopian future.
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Trump's election should prompt Canada to rethink its complicity with U.S. mass surveillance
David Christopher, Digital Freedom Update | With Donald Trump's ascension to power imminent, Canada cannot afford to continue allowing government agencies to routinely hand over our private information to the U.S. government.
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Canada's torture consumers and the faux national security consultation
Matthew Behrens | Anyone following discussions on the ultimate disposition of the Harper regime's C-51 "anti-terror" legislation will soon be hearing a lot about "SIRC" -- the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
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Despite flaws, the government's consultation finally gives us a real chance to repeal Bill C-51
David Christopher, Digital Freedom Update | It's here. The Liberal government has finally launched its long-awaited public consultation on Bill C-51, and a broad range of privacy and national security issues.
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Are you on the terrorism blacklist? Maybe, but you can't do anything about it.
Monia Mazigh | Last week, a private terrorism blacklist called World-Check was brought to light, raising questions about who is being targeted in its database, and why.
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Bill C-51: Stephen Harper, Anonymous and the Joker's gambit
Wayne MacPhail | What can popular culture tell us about Bill C-51 and the world another Harper government would usher in? The number 1 lesson is that we can't give in to fear.
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Watch: How can Canadians restore their privacy rights?
OpenMedia.ca | OpenMedia.ca worked with 125,000 Canadians to shape a positive crowdsourced plan to repeal Bill C-51 and restore our privacy rights. Learn more at https://PrivacyPlan.ca
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Wages of Rebellion: Calling for a peaceful revolution
Monia Mazigh | Chris Hedges' recent book is a passionate call for the oppressed of the Empire to revolt against the tyranny of surveillance, financial greed and propagandist journalism.
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Canadians have united to reject fear and stop Bill C-51. Will the government listen?
David Christopher, Digital Freedom Update | In the space of a few short months since Bill C-51 was announced, hundreds of thousands of people have taken action to stop it. Is the Harper government listening?
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Another reason to resist C-51: Canada's invasive financial war on terror
Matthew Behrens | FINTRAC is a financial intelligence unit whose mandate and practice quietly touch just about every resident of the country -- raising major privacy concerns in the process.
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When fear triumphs over rationality: Harper's new anti-terror legislation
Monia Mazigh | What makes Stephen Harper think that we are in dire need of new legislation to fight terrorism? Maybe the increase in police power and surveillance in Bill C-51 is not intended for terrorists.