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Publishing Company Starts School Year by Removing Over 1,000 E-Textbooks
Cash-strapped students rely on access to cheap digital textbooks. Only a few weeks into the fall semester, hundreds of titles suddenly disappeared.
America’s Internet Freedom Rating Dropped Due to the Repeal of Net Neutrality
Freedom House, a US think tank, analyzes internet freedom around the world every year, and this year’s report saw a drop in the US’s rating.
RCMP files say "violent aboriginal extremists" are undermining pipeline plans
This is what Carleton University researchers learned from police documents on government surveillance of Indigenous activists.
The Trudeau government redacted the details of its own transparency plan
Documents show that the government ignored its own consultations on improving government transparency, then misled the public about it.
The Trudeau government’s access to information reform doesn’t expand transparency like they promised
The new legislation will give departments more power to kill requests and fails to follow through on a core campaign commitment
Canada’s main spy agency refuses to say whether it thinks Russia is interfering in Canadian politics
VICE News tried to obtain documents relating to Moscow’s meddling in Ottawa. We were shot down.
This Blog Is Republishing All the Animal Welfare Records the USDA Deleted
A grassroots effort to recover the extant records has sprung up amid controversy over the USDA’s decision to remove the files from the web.
At Least Nine Ontario Police Agencies Helped Deploy Secret Surveillance Gear
A freedom of information request reveals new details on a secretive program to roll out surveillance equipment across Ontario.
A Canadian Province Is Refusing to Release Pipeline Safety Reports
A July spill caused a Saskatchewan city to shut down its water treatment plant.
The Canadian Government Accidentally Released Identities of Ebola Patients
A bureaucratic bumble exposed sensitive information.
Satellites Will Beam One-Way Internet to the Earth's Most Remote Areas
A grant from the UK Space Agency will enable the Outernet project to launch a constellation of 24 satellites by the end of next year.
It's Still Way Too Easy for Government Employees to Hide Official Conversations
Requests for government records have long been foiled by the use of BlackBerries and instant messaging apps, and personal email accounts.