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Technology brought hope to our pandemic year
Rick Salutin | There's good reason to be gloomy about tech. Yet here we are, (at least somewhat) saved by the tech. It surely wasn't the politicians, largely mediocre, with their mixed bags of MDs and generals.
Book Review
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Liberal restraints won't fix surveillance capitalism
Cristina D'Amico | Ronald Deibert's "Reset" presents a chilling portrait of our current communications infrastructure, but his solution misses the mark.
Blog
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Addressing the expansion of police surveillance technology is crucial to fighting structural racism
Joe Masoodi | Uncovering the silent role that surveillance technologies play in structural racism and police brutality must be an important part of conversations about policing.
Blog
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COVID-19 monitoring tools risk normalizing state surveillance even further
Philip Lee | Intrusive monitoring tools adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may further normalize the surveillance of individuals by governments and private entities.
Blog
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Upgrading digital infrastructure to serve all people everywhere
Philip Lee | The right to communicate is never more urgent than when lives and livelihoods are at stake because access to trustworthy information and news is blocked.
Columnists
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Breaking down Canada's digital divide must be part of the post-COVID economic recovery
Rodrigo Samayoa, Digital Freedom Update | COVID-19 has exposed how the growing digital divide in Canada is leaving communities behind.
Columnists
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Should we sacrifice our privacy to fight COVID-19?
Victoria Henry, Digital Freedom Update | Privacy experts are already sounding the alarm on contact tracing apps. Location data, if gathered, can reveal sensitive, private information about peoples' lives.
Blog
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Digital privacy and the need to know
Philip Lee | In Canada, privacy advocates are urging vigilance, noting that the feds and some provincial governments have not ruled out digital tracking of citizens to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columnists
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Social distancing is reinforcing Canada's digital divide
Matt Hatfield, Digital Freedom Update | We cannot allow lack of access, unaffordable service, restrictive data caps or slow speeds to further marginalize Canada's most vulnerable populations during a time of social distancing.
Columnists
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Clearer rules needed for facial recognition technology
Pro Bono, Michael Hackl | Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders recently admitted officers used facial recognition technology called Clearview AI, which mines social media for billions of personal photos.
Columnists
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Predatory tech players are latest enemies of public good
Rick Salutin | It's necessary from time to time to update the enemies list. Enemies are harder to identify when they come in casual, tech-ish garb, like Google and Uber.
Columnists
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Big Telecom wants to make lower internet prices in Canada virtually impossible
Marie Aspiazu, Digital Freedom Update | Big Telecom is fighting tooth and nail to reverse a landmark CRTC decision that already lowered internet prices in Canada. But we can still stop them.
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