Official Information About COVID-19 Is Reaching Fewer Black People on Facebook
According to data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project, there are major disparities in who is shown public health information about the pandemic.
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Government surveillance erodes “our dignity and the things that make us human,” says Edward Snowden
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden urges us to continue defending our digital rights in the face of burgeoning digital authoritarianism at home and beyond, because mass government surveillance "robs us of private space, eroding our dignity and the things that make us human."
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged to comply with GDPR in all countries by 70 consumer groups
A coalition of consumer and privacy groups from the US, Canada and the European Union is urging Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ensure that his company adopts the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) "as a baseline standard" for all Facebook users around the world.
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Bell-led FairPlay Canada “proposal would weaken Canada’s economy”, says Internet infrastructure coalition
A global coalition of Internet infrastructure companies opposes the Bell Canada-led FairPlay Canada plan to block websites on the ground that the plan, which "lacks accountability and oversight", would weaken both the Canadian economy and our Internet leadership globally.
Read More Canadians take a stand against Bell Canada’s dangerous website blocking proposal
The latest manifestation of the ongoing attack on digital rights and net neutrality in Canada, led by Bell Canada, proposes the creation of the so-called “Internet Piracy Review Agency” (IPRA), a dictatorship-style Internet policing agency that would facilitate the blocking of Canadians’ access to websites Bell and other leading Canadian Internet service providers dislike.
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Read the statements from the two Democratic FCC members who opposed repealing net neutrality
Democratic Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel dissented against the US Federal Communications Commission's 3-2 vote to dismantle net neutrality. Read the the two dissenters' statements.
Read More Escalating war on net neutrality, Bell Canada wants to block Canadians’ access to pirate websites
Back in April, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) ruled in favour of net neutrality and declared that "Internet service providers should treat data traffic equally to foster consumer choice, innovation and the free exchange of ideas." Bell Media, one of Canada's "big three" telecom companies, wants to change all that.
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Canada and “Five Eyes” spying partners must respect strong encryption
The final communiqué issued by the "Five Eyes" surveillance alliance after a recent meeting in Ottawa suggests what might turn out to be a made-in-Canada global encryption backdoor.
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