Revised: 1.2 Canada’s 5 big banks join anti-hate advertising boycott of Facebook July 1, 2020 | Canadian Press All five of Canada’s biggest banks are joining an international boycott of Facebook over concerns that the platform is complicit in promoting … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Update: Jeffrey Sachs goes along with the oligarchy’s story line and push for unprecedented totalitarian lockdown measures, which is unsurprising because everyone in power seems to be in lockstep with the same agenda: … Continue reading →
Amazon reportedly has thousands of workers listening to Alexa chats Amazon reportedly has thousands of workers around the world listening to people’s private exchanges in recordings captured on Echo devices after the wake word is detected https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/what-is-amazons-alexa-and-what-can-it-do/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201602230 Alexa … Continue reading →
Revised: November 24, 2019: version 2.0 Edited: November 28, 2019: version 2.1 https://www.budget.gc.ca/2019/docs/plan/toc-tdm-en.html PDF: https://www.budget.gc.ca/2019/docs/plan/budget-2019-en.pdf Investing in the Middle Class: BUDGET 2019 Tabled in the House of Commons by the Honourable William Francis Morneau, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance March … Continue reading →
Trans-Pacific Partnership countries announce agreement reached, posing serious threat to global Internet users By OpenMedia | 5 October 2015 Largest and most secretive agreement in the world’s history covers 40% of global trade and contains provisions to censor the Internet … Continue reading →
Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users’ Rights By Maira Sutton, eff.org | 20 May 2015 In a joint letter to Congress released today, more than 250 technology companies and user rights … Continue reading →
Congressional Research Service (US): The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement | 12 December 2011 This 2011 report discusses many areas relating to government that are likely to be covered in the TPP based on what has been happening with related Pacific trade … Continue reading →