4 Comments

1. Eric G says:

   September 17, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   Hear Hear
   Since consumers have next to no bargaining power when dealing with their cellular providers in Canada a small amount of legislated protection would be fantastic.
2. Matt Forsythe says:

   September 17, 2008 at 5:02 pm

   I teach a new media class in the journalism dept at Concordia. We use computer labs to explore the concepts we discuss in class. Those labs don’t have access to Facebook any more.

   My gut reaction is this is a well-intentioned but overly bureaucratic IT department, that does not realize it’s violating some fundamental rules of free speech and access to information in a democratic society.

   CBC called me today for an interview. Here it is:
   [ link ]

   Matt
3. Sin Ick says:

   September 17, 2008 at 7:18 pm

   Maybe we don’t need more regulation. Maybe we just need some good old fashioned competition law enforcement. The head of the Competition Bureau knows all about the phone and wireless industry because she’s from Bell, so she should be able to take them on. Or could it be that she doesn’t think that her old industry could possibly be doing anything wrong? After all, there are at least three players
4. blasphemy says:

   September 18, 2008 at 7:27 am

   Matt Forsythe their is very little if any educational use for facebook. Even tho you appear to be an educator for a new media journalism class I suggest you pick up some courses on Network administration. Maybe one of your overly bureaucratic IT department officials can show you the proof of how serious an issue it can be. I don’t agree with most forms of censorship, but in this case their not suspending the fundamental laws of free speech (this isnt china) your students can practice their journalism elsewhere (and will probably be safer privacy wise). Download peer guardian on your lab machines and watch the spam fly through facebook.

   @sin ick ditto.. I agree a little competition bureau regulation would go a long way.