Canada Drops Plans To Spy on Internet

Sometimes, protesting actually works

Canada's Conservative government has decided not to proceed with its attempt to pass the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, also known as Bill-C30, after community opposition to the proposed law's surveillance measures. …

Various Canadian groups opposed the Bill on privacy and civil liberties grounds, not least because the Bill makes warrantless interceptions possible. Openmedia.ca created a website, stopspying.ca, gathered more than 100,000 "signatures" to a virtual petition opposing the bill.