Internet Insider: Internet win in Canada, Netflix's VPN crackdown and link tax

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INTERNET INSIDER
May 19, 2016

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ICYMI: Last week, the Canadian government just denied Bell’s attempt to monopolize Canada’s fibre Internet infrastructure. This means the future for affordable, high-speed Internet in Canada just got a little bit more promising. This is an amazing step forward for Canada and will hopefully set an example for other countries around the world.

Access

May 18: How good is U.S. internet access? That’s a matter of some debate

May 18: Canada's CRTC to explore Net neutrality in hearing on Internet, wireless data pricing

May 17: Last year’s historic net neutrality win could be undone with one off-the-radar bill

Free Expression

May 13: Record labels 2.0: how publishing giants are framing their push for the link tax

May 13: With news that the EU is to introduce an anti-geoblocking law to allow viewing of region-specific Netflix et al content everywhere, a leaked document has revealed this may have been scaled back dramatically.

May 13: Delivering your voices at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Privacy

May 16: New Documents Show How Canadian Cops Use Secret Phone Surveillance Technology

May 12: Short video explaining big data/implications of Gov’t & companies having access to this data

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