OTTAWA, June 18, 2025 – In an unprecedented show of unity, over 300 civil society organizations from across the country are on Parliament Hill today demanding the complete withdrawal of Bill C-2, the ...

In development since 2021, Canada’s Online Harms Act has now been introduced as Bill C-63 in the House of Commons - and it’s a hugely mixed bag. There’s some huge wins for OpenMedia’s community in ...

Section 4.1 of Bill C-11 nominally excludes user posts from CRTC regulation, which has led some MPs to incorrectly claim user content is protected. An extremely broad set of exceptions in 4.2 (2) ...

Matt is OpenMedia’s Executive Director. His previous work focuses on bridging the gap between good policy and messy political reality, with 5 years experience leading international digital rights ...

Here’s the good news: we have the tools at hand to fix every one of Canada’s Internet problems. Our 2025 election platform lays out a plan for rebuilding our digital sovereignty and creating a free, ...

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At the time, space on the airwaves was scarce, with only a set amount of airtime available each week. The easiest and cheapest way for broadcasters to fill their content schedule was rebroadcasting ...

On July 29th, the Department of Canadian Heritage unveiled their consultation and technical paper detailing their plans to address ‘harmful content’ online. It seems likely the public consultation ...

So are these social media companies data brokers? Yes, in the sense that they’re selling access to our personal information – but not when considering that they’re providing a service that we want. We ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you may have seen all the buzz around the Internet Archive. Here's what's going down: for two years, Big Media publishers have been embroiled in a lawsuit ...

JUNE 23 2023 — Yesterday Bill C-18, The Online News Act received royal assent after passing through the House of Commons. The bill was first introduced in April 2022, and its final passage follows the ...

Unfortunately, Bill C-18 misunderstands that crisis, misdiagnosing why news advertising revenue has collapsed, and who is at fault for it. As a result, Bill C-18 ‘fixes’ the problem through a ...