Today, February 16, 2013 marks the one-year anniversary of the #TellVicEverything Twitter campaign, which went viral and saw thousands of Canadians creatively and successfully voicing their opposition to the government's controversial online spying Bill C-30.
Almost one year later, on February 11, 2013, we saw a huge victory when the government bowed to pressure from nearly 150,000 Canadians and shelved Bill C-30 with its "Lawful Access" provision. The measure would have allowed authorities to search the internet service provider records of individual Canadians without having to persuade a judge there is a good reason to do so.
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