Dear gentle blog reader,
It’s hard to believe that Canada, a member of the free world, would threaten to violate the privacy of its Internet- and cell phone-using citizens and then censor articles about the topic. Why do I suspect the U.S. government is behind this?
So I’ve decided to publish more on the story here, so that you, gentle reader, and the world (and this blog is read by people all over the world), and especially Canadian citizens, can learn more about what Canada’s government is up to:
At least three articles informing Canadians about the proposed “Bill C-51” more formally called the “Lawful Access” law have suddenly been taken down from Canadian news sites.
The proposed bill will allow the Canadian government to require internet service providers to monitor and log the online and cellular activities of their customers and will give the government the ability to instruct authorities to subpoena these records with only a simple warrant.
The discovery was made public tonight by the Occupy Canada Facebook group, who released the following statement:
BREAKING NEWS: HARPER TOOK LESSONS FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?
MEDIA CENSORSHIP Search this into Google “bill C- 51 ottawa citizen”, 9 hours ago these 3 identical articles were posted on the Ottawa citizen, Calgary herald, and Montreal gazette, It said Bill C-51 was to be introduced by the Harper government on Monday. All articles have been removed from the websites, but are still searchable on google. Misinformation, or the wrong bill#? or censorship? – Posted by Derek Soberal , Thanks Mainstream corporate media.The bill would make it mandatory for telecom providers, ISPs and search engines to monitor, store, retain and not [sic] disclose e-mail, Internet and telephone communications at the request of law and security officials. No warrant necessary.
Here’s the rest of the article:
News Articles Detailing Proposed Canadian Internet Surveillance Bill Disappear From WebLike this:
Filed under: politics Tagged: | Canada censorship, Canadian Internet Surveillance Bill, Occupy Canada
“The bill would make it mandatory for telecom providers, ISPs and search engines to monitor, store, retain and not disclose e-mail, Internet and telephone communications at the request of law and security officials. No warrant necessary.”
Did you mean “disclose as opposed to “not disclose” in the above paragraph?
Good catch! I’m noting the quote right now.