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What’s wrong with a Streaming Tax? (an FAQ)

Common questions and answers on the streaming tax – AKA the Netflix Tax.

Facial recognition technology is one of the most racist weapons in the police arsenal

So long as the police are using it, surveillance tech like facial recognition is helping to power systemic racism.

11 things Canada should do now to close the Digital Divide for good

Open Media calls on the Canadian government to bridge the vital gap in Internet access as quickly and permanently as possible, and to protect our fundamental rights & freedoms as they weigh technologies to address the pandemic.

National coalition calls for universal affordable Internet access

COVID-19 highlights the need for governments to act urgently to provide high-speed Internet to every household in Canada.

Canadian government commits to expediting rural broadband development

Access to the internet has been a critical lifeline throughout COVID-19, but many in rural Canada are being left behind.

Data collection, privacy, and COVID-19

How can governments protect privacy if cell phone tracking is used to combat COVID-19?

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 18 June 2008, Dennis Jarvis via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0

Canada: Did the new NAFTA sign away our digital future?

As Canada claims victory for salvaging North American free trade, the true cost of capitulating to the United States’ blustering may be too high to warrant celebration.

Mexico's Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo (L) looks on as Canadian Foreign Affairs minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to the press at the closing of the NAFTA meetings in Montreal, Quebec, 29 January 2018, PETER MCCABE/AFP/Getty Images

New NAFTA agreement would threaten Canadian digital rights if signed

The announcement that the United States and Mexico had reached a tentative agreement on NAFTA has sent Canadian diplomats scrambling, and has digital rights advocates seriously concerned.