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Tell Hootsuite: No Tech for ICE!
Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now theyβre seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. π© As a B Corp, they should protect rightsβnot build surveillance too...
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TAKE ACTION: No tech for ICE!
Today we're launching an action aimed at π¨π¦ company Hootsuite π¦, a registered B corp required to respect human rights... and somehow a company actively seeking a billion dollar "social listening" contract with ICE.
Speak up here!
www.openmedia.org/NoTech4ICE
Today we're launching an action aimed at π¨π¦ company Hootsuite π¦, a registered B corp required to respect human rights... and somehow a company actively seeking a billion dollar "social listening" contract with ICE.
Speak up here!
www.openmedia.org/NoTech4ICE
Across Canada, renters are being asked to hand over deeply personal data while AI tools scan social media, generate βrisk scores,β and quietly decide who gets housing. β
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π Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng
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π Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng
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Watch This Space: The Rise of AI Landlords in Canada
Editorβs Notes: This is a guest post by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada. She has research expertise in global care labor migrati...
openmedia.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Across Canada, renters are being asked to hand over deeply personal data while AI tools scan social media, generate βrisk scores,β and quietly decide who gets housing. β
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π Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng
openmedia.org/article/item...
π Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng
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We are back for round two, with an absolutely amazing panel. You should watch - it will be like a great privacy rights podcast. #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #privacy #C4 #BillC4
Ok, privacy and politics nerds. The Senateβs Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee has just begun 6 hours of hearings on the parts of Bill C-4 that deal with privacy regulations for political parties - or lack thereof. Follow along here! #cdnpoli #C4 #Canada #LCJC #privacy #SenateofCanada
LCJC meeting no. 25
Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
senparlvu.parl.gc.ca
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We are back for round two, with an absolutely amazing panel. You should watch - it will be like a great privacy rights podcast. #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #privacy #C4 #BillC4
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Super important perspective: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Opinion | OpenAI Is Making the Mistakes Facebook Made. I Quit.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Super important perspective: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Maybe you're on @signal.org, the world's most privacy protecting messaging app - or maybe you're thinking about starting.
But is just signing up the end of getting your privacy right? NO!
Read this great guide on how to sign up and best practices on the app: www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
But is just signing up the end of getting your privacy right? NO!
Read this great guide on how to sign up and best practices on the app: www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
A community organizerβs guide to Signal group chats
Key privacy settings and best practices.
www.theverge.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Maybe you're on @signal.org, the world's most privacy protecting messaging app - or maybe you're thinking about starting.
But is just signing up the end of getting your privacy right? NO!
Read this great guide on how to sign up and best practices on the app: www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
But is just signing up the end of getting your privacy right? NO!
Read this great guide on how to sign up and best practices on the app: www.theverge.com/tech/872493/...
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π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
openmedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
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Digital sovereignty is critical to Canada's future. Our economy, security, wellbeing and democracy depend on our ability to control our digital infrastructure
The @openmedia.org Digital Sovereignty Charter is a framework to wrestle the levers of technology out of the hands of US billionaires
The @openmedia.org Digital Sovereignty Charter is a framework to wrestle the levers of technology out of the hands of US billionaires
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
openmedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Digital sovereignty is critical to Canada's future. Our economy, security, wellbeing and democracy depend on our ability to control our digital infrastructure
The @openmedia.org Digital Sovereignty Charter is a framework to wrestle the levers of technology out of the hands of US billionaires
The @openmedia.org Digital Sovereignty Charter is a framework to wrestle the levers of technology out of the hands of US billionaires
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π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
openmedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
Is π¨π¦ a sovereign country? Are we prepared to do what it takes to be one?
We just released a five point plan to getting there β and YOU can review and endorse it!
Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter
We just released a five point plan to getting there β and YOU can review and endorse it!
Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
www.openmedia.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Is π¨π¦ a sovereign country? Are we prepared to do what it takes to be one?
We just released a five point plan to getting there β and YOU can review and endorse it!
Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter
We just released a five point plan to getting there β and YOU can review and endorse it!
Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter
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Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
Stop the Currency of Corruption: Ban Crypto in Politics
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS
openmedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
AI is engaging with people and children more intimately than any technology ever has before. Safety and privacy regulation, NOW!
www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the companyβs stuffed animals.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
AI is engaging with people and children more intimately than any technology ever has before. Safety and privacy regulation, NOW!
www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
www.wired.com/story/an-ai-...
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π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
openmedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
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π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
Endorse Canadaβs Digital Sovereignty Charter!
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today!
openmedia.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
π¨π¦ Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. βοΈ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charterβs five principles today! openmedia.org/DigitalChart... @openmedia.org
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Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
Stop Canadaβs βBuy Now, Regret Laterβ AI Future
Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π h...
openmedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
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OpenMedia (a Canadian non-profit digital rights advocacy organization focused on protecting and promoting an open, affordable, democratic, and surveillance-free Internet) leaves X (25.094 followers)
Bluesky: @openmedia.org
Bluesky: @openmedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
OpenMedia (a Canadian non-profit digital rights advocacy organization focused on protecting and promoting an open, affordable, democratic, and surveillance-free Internet) leaves X (25.094 followers)
Bluesky: @openmedia.org
Bluesky: @openmedia.org
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CLD, in collaboration with @openmedia.org, made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee for its March 2026 review of Canada.
The submission focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to information.
www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/u...
The submission focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to information.
www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/u...
www.law-democracy.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
CLD, in collaboration with @openmedia.org, made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committee for its March 2026 review of Canada.
The submission focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to information.
www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/u...
The submission focuses on freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to information.
www.law-democracy.org/wp-content/u...
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Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
Stop the Currency of Corruption: Ban Crypto in Politics
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS
openmedia.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
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Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
Stop Canadaβs βBuy Now, Regret Laterβ AI Future
Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π h...
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Canada canβt afford a βbuy now, regret laterβ AI strategy. π«π€ Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. π¨π¦ Send your message now π openmedia.org/AI4Canadians... @openmedia.org
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Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
Stop the Currency of Corruption: Ban Crypto in Politics
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are corrupting πΊπ² democracy. Speak up - support the bill to BAN crypto in US politics! openmedia.org/CryptoBanUS-... @openmedia.org
Jim Pattison did the right thing. How about you, @hootsuite.com? Will you commit to drop all contracts for your products with ICE and DHS?
For good, this time?
For good, this time?
Breaking - Jim Pattison Developments say the sale of their warehouse for use as a proposed ICE facility will not be proceeding
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jim Pattison did the right thing. How about you, @hootsuite.com? Will you commit to drop all contracts for your products with ICE and DHS?
For good, this time?
For good, this time?
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π¨π¦ Canadaβs privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. β Tell MPs itβs time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! π¨ openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
π¨π¦ Canadaβs privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. β Tell MPs itβs time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
π¨π¦ Canadaβs privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. β Tell MPs itβs time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! π¨ openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
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A reminder that in practice the police are a political force that largely exists outside of the structures of democratic accountability and oversight.
This is as true in Canada as it is in the United States.
This is as true in Canada as it is in the United States.
LAPD Chief announces they will not be enforcing the mask ban on ICE goons (1/29/26)
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A reminder that in practice the police are a political force that largely exists outside of the structures of democratic accountability and oversight.
This is as true in Canada as it is in the United States.
This is as true in Canada as it is in the United States.
We're not organizing this one. But if you're in Vancouver and want to be heard by @hootsuite.com, consider showing up!
Vancouver, pay attention.
Hootsuite provides social media and surveillance tools to ICE. Their CEO has doubled down on the contract.
Monitoring dissent. Tracking public reaction. Managing PR for a violent agency.
This is complicity. @hootsuite.com
Hootsuite provides social media and surveillance tools to ICE. Their CEO has doubled down on the contract.
Monitoring dissent. Tracking public reaction. Managing PR for a violent agency.
This is complicity. @hootsuite.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
We're not organizing this one. But if you're in Vancouver and want to be heard by @hootsuite.com, consider showing up!
Is @hootsuite.com still a B corp, committed to social good? How do they square that with "social listening" contracts with ICE in 2026?
Glad to speak w/CBC's Gloria Macarenko about it: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Glad to speak w/CBC's Gloria Macarenko about it: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Β© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Is @hootsuite.com still a B corp, committed to social good? How do they square that with "social listening" contracts with ICE in 2026?
Glad to speak w/CBC's Gloria Macarenko about it: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Glad to speak w/CBC's Gloria Macarenko about it: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Shady crypto πΈ transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of π¨π¦ politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org
Keep crypto corruption out of Canada
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of π¨π¦ politics! Speak up - write your MP today! https://openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA
openmedia.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Shady crypto πΈ transfers are a threat to our democracy: keep them out of π¨π¦ politics! Speak up - write your MP today! openmedia.org/CryptoBanCA-... @openmedia.org