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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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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 25/08/2026
Canada's police chiefs revealed they want #BillC22 to guarantee them access to your encrypted messages — every app, every platform, everything! edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... #ReformC22
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Canadian police chiefs: Bill C-22's good — but encryption's a sticking point
Canadian police chiefs say they need to be able to decrypt data used by criminals, while tech companies argue that exposes lawful users.
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Reject Convenience @rejectconvenience.com · 16/08/2026
Did you know that almost every car made in the last 10 years has been tracking you in strange ways? Why does General Motors know what meds you take? How do stalkers keep using cars to track their victims? Find out in today's video: youtu.be/J7oTWytFCmE
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Your Car Has Been a Surveillance Device for 10 Years
YouTube video by Reject Convenience
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Rob Knight @robertcknight.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🇨🇦'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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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/07/2026
This contract is clearly designed to enable both Trump's mass deportation campaign, and his move to use ICE to manipulate the midterm elections. But it’s also a reminder of how deeply entwined Canada's elites are with US corporate and government interests. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/n...
nationalobserver.com
Thomson Reuters to share American information with ICE in new deal
While the company insists it has "safeguards" in place to prevent misuse of the information, some experts say the US$125-million deal is a "red flag."
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Stormbird @thestormbird.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Having TELUS make data centres bang in the middle of Metropolitan Vancouver should be a cause for concern for everyone in Lower Mainland. #AI #Vancouver www.evictkensim.ca/aidatacentre...
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No one in Vancouver is asking for AI Data Centres. - COPE Vancouver
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Stormbird @thestormbird.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Last day to sign petition e-7237 in Canada!!! There have been changes made to the Elections Act allowing political parties to be exempt from laws around data privacy. This petition asks to repeal them and hold these parties accountable: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #canada
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Petition e-7237 - Petitions
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OpenMedia @openmedia.org · 12/03/2026
The replacement for 2025's disastrous Bill C-2 is out - and as broken! Bill C-22 still gives the Public Safety Minister broad powers to issue secret orders to any electronic service provider in Canada. It isn't safe for privacy or rights, and cannot pass like this. openmedia.org/press/item/o...
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Ottawa Repackages Its Surveillance Backdoor in Bill C-22
Bill C-22 lays the groundwork for a Canadian surveillance state.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran. Don’t stop talking about Iran.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Another Tehran photo, from before the blackout.
A protester holds his hands in the air as cars burn
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Stormbird @thestormbird.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
One less person whose passes I can edge too. Good luck in all future endeavours, KDB.
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