What can political parties do right now in 🇨🇦? - buy your #data from brokers - merge it with voter lists - track you without telling you - no consent required This isn’t hypothetical. It’s legal in 🇨🇦 right now! Learn more: voterprivacy.ca @leadnowca.bsky.social @techfordemocracy.bsky.social

We are joining the global #StopKillingInternet movement to keep the internet private, free, democratic, and accessible. In Canada, parliament is passing bills that threaten our digital rights. The same trend is gaining steam around the world. www.stopkillingtheinternet.com

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Political parties collect people’s data and target communications in 🇨🇦, yet they aren’t subject to the same #privacy rules as companies or public institutions. People in Canada deserve better! ✍️ Sign & share by July 4: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... @bcfipa.bsky.social @cancivlib.bsky.social

In Germany, Google is liable for false answers in its AI "overviews" that pop up at the top of search results. I wish we had this in the States. Make them pay for misleading users. the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

At Liberty Street and Pardee Avenue (Liberty Village) in Toronto, we saw that camera installation. Does anyone know anything about those surveillance cameras? Is that related to FIFA?

👉️️ Tue June 9 → 7pm • in-person & online Lightning updates from four Civic Tech projects: Landlord & Tenant Board data explorer, @bikespaceto.bsky.social, @techfordemocracy.bsky.social, and @civicdashboard.bsky.social. See what's new! ✚ discussions & breakouts! guild.host/events/civic...

New research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...

1/ Palantir is deeply embedded in the scariest activities of the Trump regime – enabling everything from mass deportations and lawless assassinations in international waters to ethnic cleansing, genocide, and war crimes.

BREAKING: We just learned we WILL get a chance to testify to #BillC22's many problems; tune in June 2 at 3:30 EST to SECU committee. The *only* reason this is happening is because so many of you have written your MP about #BillC22's problems; if you haven't sent a message yet, please do! #cdnpoli

5/ There's an official petition to withdraw C-22, sponsored by NDP MP @jennykwan.bsky.social. More than 2,600 Canadians have signed. We need more. Add your name and ask others to do the same while it's still at committee: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

TfD is urging the federal government to reject Bill C-22, which requires the retention of user metadata and forces platforms to provide information to authorized persons, thereby opening up our digital space to malicious actors. Read our full statement: techfordemocracy.ca/2026/05/22/c...

Dylan Reibling’s documentary “The End of the Internet” is an amazing film. I recommend everyone who uses the internet to watch it, i.e. all of youse! @techfordemocracy.bsky.social are hosting a screening at Revue Cinema on May 29. Get on it if you can! theendoftheinternetfilm.com/watch-the-tr...

Join us on Friday May 29th for a screening of Dylan Reibling's "The End of the Internet" at Revue Cinema! TfD is presenting its first film club with Game Theory Films as part of Toronto Tech Week. Register on luma: luma.com/c3dlrrb8?loc... Make sure to purchase tickets through the luma page.

🇨🇦's #BillC22 is entering committee study this week - and we're hearing it may become law by end of the month. We never say this: but this is the worst, most privacy-breaking bill we've seen. It MUST be stopped. Speak up against it and read on to learn more: www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky 1/

New report from RideFair. New Toronto Open Data about Uber and other ridehail platforms shows an industry in need of reform. ridefair.ca/wp-content/u...

We are hosting a Jane's walk on Sunday May 3rd! Join us on a walk from Union to St Andrew’s as we lead you on a privacy tour to better understand how privacy laws and rights look in practice across Toronto. Participants will use a ‘Privacy Checklist’ to spot privacy risks. luma.com/ja6l848q

More cars = more congestion: “Ride-hailing was responsible for approximately 50 percent of the increase in congestion between 2010 and 2016"

Breaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli

Can't believe I learned about this in my own city from a news outlet across the ocean (HT @savasavasava.myatproto.social), & also, *of course* it's Rosedale 🫠 For those not already aware of Flock, here is a thread showing why we need to push it out NOW, before it takes hold anywhere else in Canada:

Today’s Ontario budget isn’t just numbers on a page — it’s a snapshot of Doug Ford’s choices. While they talk about “fiscal responsibility,” our hospitals, schools, and public services are stretched to the breaking point. That’s why itsonford.ca exists. #ONpoli

When you order a ride on Uber, or buy groceries on Amazon, everyone gets a different price - that's algorithmic pricing. Algorithmic pricing shouldn't be used on essential goods like food and housing. Listen to the full CBC segment here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... Link in bio to get inolved!

This week, we jointly submitted to the People's Consultation on AI alongside the Tech Workers Coalition. Read the People's demands here: techfordemocracy.ca/2026/03/23/j... @techworkerscoalition.org #pcai

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Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. That's why we're participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and we strongly encourage you and those in your community to as well. Submissions are due March 15: www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca

“Privacy is an essential part of a healthy democracy and without privacy, we risk eroding a lot of the freedoms we have as Canadians,” says TfD's Khasir Hean.

We've sent a letter to Cineplex Digital Media with our concerns surrounding use of facial detection by their digital billboards. Privacy is a fundamental human right. Read the letter here: techfordemocracy.ca/2025/12/04/l... #privacy #surveillance #advertising

Cineplex has ads at Union Bus Terminal and across Canada. These ads are performing facial detection on anyone passing by. This is a serious privacy concern. Read our open letter to Cineplex: drive.google.com/file/d/10B_C... Sign onto the letter by Sun Nov 30: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for... #privacy

“We should be calling the province to be accountable for spending funds and making sure that our money, our taxpayer dollars, are being spent accordingly, are being spent responsibly," says TfD's Khasir Hean. ricochet.media/climate/cana...

We've joined more than 160 civil society and human rights organizations, academics, field experts, and privacy and equality advocates across Canada, calling on Minister Solomon and ISED to extend national AI consultation and recreate the Task Force to include human rights representation. Read here:

We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada. It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.

Thanks to our volunteers who helped bring about awareness of the issues around this pilot! Innovation does not have to come at the cost of personal privacy and surveillance.

PRESS RELEASE: Speed Cameras are an Effective Technology for Public Safety Read here: techfordemocracy.ca/2025/09/25/s...

🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯‍♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky @openmediaorg.bsky.social

We'll be drawing the line along with Canadians across the country tomorrow, September 20th, to protest against growing wealth inequality and exploitation. Join us in Toronto at Yonge & Dundas at 2pm! drawtheline.world/canada

We had a great time at the panel last week and learned a lot! #toronto #tech #politics @luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social

"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...

Read about the privacy concerns we've raised with a local self-driving pilot happening in Toronto! Full text at: techfordemocracy.ca/2025/08/25/a... #privacy #surveillance #toronto

We hosted a session at #CivicSpark last weekend and had a great time! #CivicTech #Toronto @civictechto.bsky.social @khasir.bsky.social

My @thestar.com column this week: Civic Tech in Toronto turns ten! A look at some of the people getting together each week to hack away at our problems via @civictechto.bsky.social — and what City Hall could be doing to support their work. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Join us in #Toronto on Sunday where we'll be running a session!

It was only a matter of time, but Canada has joined the censorship bandwagon with Bill S-209. Sign the petition, call your MPs, raise hell. www.change.org/p/stop-bill-...

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