Breaking from @policornerca.bsky.social: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation. www.policorner.ca/p/scoop-the-... #topoli #onpoli
Can't believe I learned about this in my own city from a news outlet across the ocean (HT @savasavasava.myatproto.social), & also, *of course* it's Rosedale 🫠 For those not already aware of Flock, here is a thread showing why we need to push it out NOW, before it takes hold anywhere else in Canada:
Today’s Ontario budget isn’t just numbers on a page — it’s a snapshot of Doug Ford’s choices. While they talk about “fiscal responsibility,” our hospitals, schools, and public services are stretched to the breaking point. That’s why itsonford.ca exists. #ONpoli
When you order a ride on Uber, or buy groceries on Amazon, everyone gets a different price - that's algorithmic pricing.
Algorithmic pricing shouldn't be used on essential goods like food and housing.
Listen to the full CBC segment here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Link in bio to get inolved!
Thank you to @cyn-k.bsky.social, @anabrandusescu.bsky.social for appearing as panellists and @bmitra.bsky.social for moderating!
This week, we jointly submitted to the People's Consultation on AI alongside the Tech Workers Coalition. Read the People's demands here:
techfordemocracy.ca/2026/03/23/j...
@techworkerscoalition.org #pcai
Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. That's why we're participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and we strongly encourage you and those in your community to as well. Submissions are due March 15:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
“Privacy is an essential part of a healthy democracy and without privacy, we risk eroding a lot of the freedoms we have as Canadians,” says TfD's Khasir Hean.
@openmedia.org @ttcriders.bsky.social @moretransitso.bsky.social
We've sent a letter to Cineplex Digital Media with our concerns surrounding use of facial detection by their digital billboards.
Privacy is a fundamental human right.
Read the letter here: techfordemocracy.ca/2025/12/04/l...
#privacy #surveillance #advertising
One of the digital billboards that are performing facial detection at Union Station Bus Terminal.
Close up of the camera on top of the billboard.
Cineplex has ads at Union Bus Terminal and across Canada. These ads are performing facial detection on anyone passing by. This is a serious privacy concern.
Read our open letter to Cineplex:
drive.google.com/file/d/10B_C...
Sign onto the letter by Sun Nov 30:
cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
#privacy
“We should be calling the province to be accountable for spending funds and making sure that our money, our taxpayer dollars, are being spent accordingly, are being spent responsibly," says TfD's Khasir Hean.
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
We've joined more than 160 civil society and human rights organizations, academics, field experts, and privacy and equality advocates across Canada, calling on Minister Solomon and ISED to extend national AI consultation and recreate the Task Force to include human rights representation. Read here:
We're going public today with a powerful new tool for researching, following and reporting on local governments across Canada.
It’s dragging cities and towns into the 21st century by making 550 municipalities’ public meetings easy to search, all in one place, for the first time.
Thanks to our volunteers who helped bring about awareness of the issues around this pilot! Innovation does not have to come at the cost of personal privacy and surveillance.
PRESS RELEASE:
Speed Cameras are an Effective Technology for Public Safety
Read here:
techfordemocracy.ca/2025/09/25/s...
🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
We'll be drawing the line along with Canadians across the country tomorrow, September 20th, to protest against growing wealth inequality and exploitation.
Join us in Toronto at Yonge & Dundas at 2pm!
drawtheline.world/canada
We had a great time at the panel last week and learned a lot!
#toronto #tech #politics
@luisasotomayor.bsky.social @vassb.bsky.social @ghadaa.bsky.social @paulafletcherto.bsky.social
"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...
Self-driving delivery vehicles spark privacy concerns - Annex Gleaner, Volume 31, Number 3, August 2025
Page 2 of the story.
Read about the privacy concerns we've raised with a local self-driving pilot happening in Toronto!
Full text at: techfordemocracy.ca/2025/08/25/a...
#privacy #surveillance #toronto
Group shot of attendees and volunteers at the end of Civic Spark 2025!
Khasir Hean hosts the Technologists for Democracy unconference session.
We hosted a session at #CivicSpark last weekend and had a great time!
#CivicTech #Toronto
@civictechto.bsky.social @khasir.bsky.social
My @thestar.com column this week: Civic Tech in Toronto turns ten!
A look at some of the people getting together each week to hack away at our problems via @civictechto.bsky.social — and what City Hall could be doing to support their work.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Join us in #Toronto on Sunday where we'll be running a session!
It was only a matter of time, but Canada has joined the censorship bandwagon with Bill S-209.
Sign the petition, call your MPs, raise hell.
www.change.org/p/stop-bill-...
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