# Internet censorship in Canada?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-censorship-in-canada/810097>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-censorship-in-canada/810097 "2018-03-06T04:06:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-censorship-in-canada/810097/1 "2018-03-06T04:06:53Z")

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:eek:

(Couldn’t find a thread to post this in, so I might as well make it its own thread.)  
[Bell Canada basically wants to pick and choose what Canadians see on the internet.](http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fairplay-canada-telecom-piracy-net-neutrality-crtc-2018)

They’ve shat this dumb entity called “Fair Play” - a consortium of 30 media organizations - who are filing a proposal to the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Communications) to fight “online piracy”, which is almost as much a freaking nothing-burger as voter fraud.

[Good HuffPo cite choc-a-bloc with great links!](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/laura-tribe/internet-piracy-website-blocking-proposal-protest_a_23372670/)

Eh!  
Canadians! [Sign this!](: [//act.openmedia.org/DontCensor](https://act.openmedia.org/DontCensor)) link broken

The comment period for the FairPlay Coalition application has been extended to March 29, 2018.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-censorship-in-canada/810097/2 "2018-03-06T18:17:46Z")

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We don’t allow calls for action on the board. Prior permission must be asked for before promoting a cause. It’s rare if ever that permission will be granted for a request to sign a petition.

I have closed the thread and I broke the link to the petition. If you want to start a discussion thread about the subject without a call to action I have no objection. Don’t repost the petition.