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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 28/09/2026
📚 How Canada’s Lobbying Loopholes Hide Big Tech’s Policy Influence Machine This GoodBot series examines how dominant tech firms deploy direct lobbying as part of broader corporate influence operations to shape 🇨🇦's digital and AI policy landscape. www.goodbot.ca/submissions/...
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LOBBYING PART II: INCOGNITO MODE How Canada’s Lobbying Loopholes Hide Big Tech’s Policy Influence Machine — goodbot
The full report is available HERE Written by Renee Black, Edward Wu, Femi Gbolahan, Kaitlin Bustos, Ayla Khan and Mathushan Thialikanathan Edited by Courtney Doagoo Part II of our four-part ...
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Canada #Politics #Privacy #BillC22 #Canpoli Keep reposting this and sharing it around!
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Voter privacy concerns raised in Essex municipal election! People's names and addresses have ended up on social media of supporters of an Essex mayoral candidate: www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
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Voter privacy concerns raised in Essex municipal election
Names and addresses have ended up on social media of supporters of an Essex mayoral candidate.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 25/09/2026
📰 🇨🇦 and the EU work toward finalizing a digital trade agreement (DTA) this fall to set clearer rules and stronger consumer protections: 👀 globalnews.ca/news/1206113...
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EU wants Canada as its first ‘associate member.’ What does that mean? - National | Globalnews.ca
The two sides will move from CETA to an Alliance for the Future, European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen said in her State of the Union address.
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Kathleen Burt @keburt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 24/09/2026
Tech companies and groups, including @windscribevpn.bsky.social, Tailscale, Coinbase Canada, Nord Security, and Tucows, have sent a joint letter to Ministers Anandasangaree and Joly on #BillC22. They say the bill as drafted will erode trust in 🇨🇦's tech sector! progresschamber.org/resources/co...
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Tech industry to Canada: amend Bill C-22
23 tech companies and organizations tell Canada's ministers that a backdoor for law enforcement is a backdoor for everyone. Amend Bill C-22 before it becomes law.
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psr b1257+12 @psrb125712.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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MediaSmarts @mediasmarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're hiring! MediaSmarts is looking for a Manager of Public Education & Outreach to help us scale our national workshop and public education program. Learn more and apply here: ow.ly/Onk350ZQI7K
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 23/09/2026
Hosted by @mediasmarts.bsky.social, Media Literacy Week is a national event to promote digital media literacy, with activities and events taking place in classrooms, libraries, museums and community groups across 🇨🇦 From October 26 to 30, learn more: mediasmarts.ca/media-litera...
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Media Literacy Week
Media Literacy Week is an annual event promoting digital media literacy across Canada, taking place each October.
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MediaSmarts @mediasmarts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Whether you’re an educator, librarian or just trying to make sense of life online, #MediaLiteracyWeek has resources to help. 👉 Visit ow.ly/6YxC50ZPgRn to learn more.
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SableGear0 @sablegear0.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nobody wanted this except for whoever gets paid to run the verification bots. This will not "keep kids safe" on the internet, and the huge ID breach we've seen recently is only the beginning of why this is a bad idea. I miss the free internet.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 22/09/2026
⚠️ Google is bringing its age assurance technology — which uses artificial intelligence to detect underage users — to Canada. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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Google to begin using age assurance tech to identify underage accounts in Canada
Google is bringing its age assurance technology — which uses artificial intelligence to detect underage users — to Canada.
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J.P. @jpturcotte.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interdisons les préjudices illégaux, pas les jeunes Canadiens! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 doit être amendé pour responsabiliser les plateformes, protéger la vie privée et la liberté d'expression, et garder les jeunes connectés. Dis-le à ton député : openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky... @openmedia.org
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Corrigeons le projet de loi C-34 : Pas d'interdiction. Pas de surveillance!
Interdisons les préjudices illégaux, pas les jeunes Canadiens! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 doit être amendé pour responsabiliser les plateformes, protéger la vie privée et la liberté d'expression, et garder les jeune...
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Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! openmedia.org/DefendOPC-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-36: Defend the Privacy Commissioner
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! https://openme...
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retired8.bsky.social @retired8.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-34: No Ban. No Surveillance!
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill:...
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EllenA + Orcas @eamcur25.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
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Endorse Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter!
🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today!
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 18/09/2026
📄 New White Paper | Right Goal, Wrong Execution: Privacy, Age Verification, and Gaps in Bill C-34 OpenMedia's summer fellows Elruma Dixon & Abde Amr break the bill down: openmedia.org/article/item...
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Right Goal, Wrong Execution: Can Bill C-34 Keep Kids Safe Without Sacrificing Digital Rights?
Keeping young people safe online is a goal most of us can agree on. The harder question is how we get there.
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Martin Hyde 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @georgeorwell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! openmedia.org/DefendOPC-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-36: Defend the Privacy Commissioner
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! https://openme...
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neenofbeans.bsky.social @neenofbeans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-34: No Ban. No Surveillance!
Ban illegal harms, not young Canadians! 🇨🇦 #BillC34 should be amended to hold platforms accountable, protect privacy and free expression, and keep young people connected. Tell your MP to fix the bill:...
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Canada #canpoli #Privacy #BillC22 #BillC34 #Politics im sorry for spamming this but its kinda important? openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky
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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https:/...
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J Gwendie @gwendiem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! openmedia.org/DefendOPC-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-36: Defend the Privacy Commissioner
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! https://openme...
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Canada #Canpoli #BillC22 #BillC34 #Privacy share this and keep talking about this!!
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 16/09/2026
📰 USA's Driver's License Breach Is a Security Disaster—Hits Canadians Too 153M+ driver's licenses, 10M+ ID cards, 3M+ travel documents. People gave their IDs to third-party verification services to access services, and their data ended up online for sale! 🫠 tech-insider.org/drivers-lice...
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 15/09/2026
📰 On the eve of Carney’s visit to Europe, civil society orgs wrote to the President of the EU Commission @ec.europa.eu, and members of Parliament: 🇨🇦’s #BillC22 forces #EU companies operating in 🇨🇦 to weaken #encryption and retain the metadata of EU users 🫣🚫 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Ottawa lawful-access bill could be obstacle to EU-Canada digital trade agreement, European privacy groups say
On eve of the PM’s EU visit, European digital experts warn Canada’s Bill-22 poses a privacy threat to residents of the bloc
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sleevine.bsky.social @sleevine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 14/09/2026
🍁 Sign 🇨🇦’s Digital Sovereignty Charter — Write to your MP and ask them to endorse the charter: 🔗 openmedia.org/DigitalChart... What the Digital Sovereignty Charter proposes 1. Network Sovereignty 2. Algorithmic Sovereignty 3. Market Sovereignty 4. Info Sovereignty 5. Personal Sovereignty
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Chris Larsen @chrislarsen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mark Carnage refuses to listen to the Canadian people, maybe he'll listen to the European politicians that he wants trade deals with.
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EllenA + Orcas @eamcur25.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Amazing!!!! Canadian Carney cult members didn’t see anything wrong with it. Glad someone else did. Maybe now the will listen.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 14/09/2026
Access Now and several European civil society orgs are urging President of the European Commission @ec.europa.eu, European Union commissioners, and members of the European Parliament to push for changes to Canada’s #BillC22, the Lawful Access Act! @accessnow.org www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
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The EU must act now to protect privacy and encryption from Canada’s overreaching Bill C-22 - Access Now
Access Now, alongside several European civil society organisations, are urging Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, European Union commissioners, and members of the European Par...
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#Canada #CanPoli #BillC34 #Privacy #Politics #BillC22 yeah america is doing some funky stuff BUT we need to keep an eye on whats happening in canada, otherwise that funky stuff will happen here too!! so spread the word!! openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky
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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https:/...
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PBE 🇨🇦 @lookupkipp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This 👇
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 11/09/2026
Under #BillC34, the so-called "Safe Social Media Act," online platforms could require much + invasive age verification or estimation to prove you're 16+ in 🇨🇦 🦝 We don’t have to accept #ageverification on every online platform we use! 👉 Message your MP to fix Bill C 34: openmedia.org/BillC34-bsky
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frankage.bsky.social @frankage.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP to support Petition e-7237 and protect voter privacy: openmedia.org/voter-privac... @openmedia.org
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Our Data Isn't Political Currency: Protect Voter Privacy in Canada!
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP...
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#Canada #Canpoli #Privacy #BillC22 #Politics send this to your friends, family, anyone!!
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is why I tell you not to upload your government ID onto the internet.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 10/09/2026
Parliament returns in 2 weeks!! Protect privacy and encryption — help us reach 10K+ signatures THIS WEEK to show our Senate that #BillC22 controversy is only growing! Demand the Senate give Bill C-22 a thorough review — stop surveillance powers before they become law: openmedia.org/ReformC22-bsky
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 09/09/2026
📰 FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the #UnitedStates and #Canada! 🙈🫠 krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
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FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 09/09/2026
Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users 🤯 @discord.com ’s age-verification wall hits four specific triggers now, with full global enforcement delayed until late 2026. 📰 Learn more about it: www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-b...
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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 09/09/2026
Despite major outrage from users when they initially rolled out age verification systems, Discord plans to make all accounts teen by default GLOBALLY & you have to scan your face or upload an ID to prove you aren't one. www.gadgetreview.com/discord-is-b...
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Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.
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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#Canada #Canpoli #Politics #BillC22 BOOSTING
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 08/09/2026
Learn + about panopti.ca 👀 An open-source project mapping automatic licence plate readers (ALPRs) across Canada. They have mapped 656 ALPRs and 979 Government CCTVs in 🇨🇦! @panopti.bsky.social
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panopti.ca — Map ALPR & Licence Plate Reader Cameras in Canada
See where automatic licence plate readers (ALPRs) and Flock-style surveillance cameras are deployed across Canada. An open-source, crowdsourced map built on OpenStreetMap.
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 08/09/2026
📰 AI-powered surveillance cameras are spreading in Canada Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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AI-powered surveillance cameras are spreading in Canada
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a t...
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@NancyCrouse.bsky.social @nancycrouse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Our data isn't political currency — tell your MP to protect voter privacy: openmedia.org/voter-privac... @openmedia.org
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Our Data Isn't Political Currency: Protect Voter Privacy in Canada!
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP...
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
CBC News reports that Canada is quietly installing AI surveillance cameras across the county. This comes as the government is passing sweeping surveillance legislation. #cdnpoli
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! openmedia.org/DefendOPC-bsky @openmedia.org
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Fix Bill C-36: Defend the Privacy Commissioner
🇨🇦's privacy reform #BillC36 puts enforcement of our rights under the thumb of the AI Minister, not the Privacy Commissioner. ✊ Defend independent enforcement! Tell your MP to fix C-36! https://openme...
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sally-girl.bsky.social @sally-girl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Our data isn't political currency — tell your MP to protect voter privacy: openmedia.org/voter-privac... @openmedia.org
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Our Data Isn't Political Currency: Protect Voter Privacy in Canada!
Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP...
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Just the Goods @justthegoods.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 04/09/2026
🕵️ After a months-long survey of over 7,000 mobile #VPN apps around the world, @proton.me has found that 85% of those downloaded in the #US contain trackers, and around a quarter of those actively track users’ physical location: protonvpn.com/blog/vpn-pri...
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Shady VPNs could be spying on millions of Americans | Proton VPN
A new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
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Endorse Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter!
🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today!
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diaryofageekgirl @diaryofageekgirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Help @openmedia.org‬ fight for the open Internet. Donate today! openmedia.org/supercharge-... #technology #nptech
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