#c-50

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If you're on Tumblr, you should care about what our Draconian, Orwellian government is trying to spring on us. I urge all Canadians to read and sign this petition against the Conservative Government's attempts to control the internet. They want access to all of our private information, on all of our web-enabled devices, without a warrant. They say that if we're against them, then we are "siding with child pornography."

That kind of thinking is flat out wrong, and is an insult to the intelligence of Canadians. What's worse, the government is trying to get these bills accepted covertly, and have not even raised discussion with the public on these matters. This shit needs to stop.

If you want more information before considering signing, observe these links (taken from a poster on Reddit):

Documentary: http://vimeo.com/29335041

Resources: http://openmedia.ca/stopspying/resources

Text of the bills (C-50, C-51, C-52):

http://parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4740653&file=4

http://parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4745885&file=4

http://parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4753163&file=4

Petition (embedded below): http://stopspying.ca/

Contact your MP: http://www.parl.gc.ca/

"The Canadian national anthem proudly honors "The True North strong and free!” Yet Canadians face an imminent round of frightening online spy proposals that threaten long held civil liberties and privacy rights. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has insisted that he won’t budge in his support of online spying legislation despite heavy criticism from privacy watchdogs.

We last discussed the former online spying bills (C-50, C-51 and C-52) Canada’s majority Government sought to advance in October. Collectively called the “lawful access” bills, these measures are essentially a backdoor for law enforcement to easily access personal information. While Public Safety Canada has defended the bills, stating they would enable authorities to protect Canadians from “criminal and terrorist activities” without “infringing on the rights of law abiding Canadians,” the outcry over this legislative mandate has been considerable.

Academics, civil society, all opposing political parties, Internet service providers, and even public officials have continually criticized these bills for risking Canadian’s online security and privacy. As last drafted, the bills represent a dramatic and dangerous attempt to leverage online service providers as agents of state surveillance. They include new police powers that would allow Canadian authorities easy access to Canadians’ online activities, including the power to force ISPs to hand over private customer data without a warrant. Adding insult to injury, the legislation will also pave the way to gag orders that would prevent online service providers from notifying subscribers that their private data has been disclosed–a move that would make it impossible for users to seek legal recourse for privacy violations.