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Building upon research suggesting activists enhance public involvement in technocratic policy-making processes through forms of digital intermediation, this study investigates the extent to which digital form letters address the structural and rhetorical subordination contributing to the technocratic divide. The ability of the general public to overcome this efficacy divide is assessed in the context of the FCC's 2014 network neutrality deliberations. Results suggest that even though activists helped individuals overcome impediments to public involvement, including geographic distance from policymakers, deliberations during the workweek, and access to public comment systems, the finding that many comments were submitted via form letter suggests the public's voice was largely absent. This raises questions about the ability of "slacktivist" tactics to advance public mobilization efforts and the difficult task faced by intermediaries attempting to bridge technocratic divides while avoiding principal–agent problems.

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In the wake of Snowden's revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, demands that Internet carriers be more forthcoming about their handling of personal information have intensified. Responding to this concern, this report evaluates the data privacy transparency of forty-three Internet carriers serving the Canadian public. Carriers are awarded up to ten stars based on the public availability of information satisfying ten transparency criteria. Carriers earn few stars overall, just 92.5 out of 430, an average of two of ten possible stars. A variety of policy recommendations are provided to encourage and guide further data privacy transparency efforts in Canada as well as around the world.

Abstract
In the wake of Snowden's revelations about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, demands that Internet carriers be more forthcoming about their handling of personal information have intensified. Responding to this concern, this report evaluates the data privacy transparency of forty-three Internet carriers serving the Canadian public. Carriers are awarded up to ten stars based on the public availability of information satisfying ten transparency criteria. Carriers earn few stars overall, just 92.5 out of 430, an average of two of ten possible stars. A variety of policy recommendations are provided to encourage and guide further data privacy transparency efforts in Canada as well as around the world.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE. Media Reform -- CHAPTER TWO. Media Policy Literacy -- CHAPTER THREE. Activating the Fifth Estate -- CHAPTER FOUR. WikiLeaks and "Indirect" Media Reform -- CHAPTER FIVE. Mobilizing for Net Rights -- CHAPTER SIX. Lessons from the SOPA Fight -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Internet Freedom from the Outside In -- CHAPTER EIGHT. A Victory for Digital Justice -- CHAPTER NINE. Working Toward an Open Connected Future -- CHAPTER TEN. A Perfect Storm for Media Reform -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Between Philosophy and Action -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Media Reform Movements in Taiwan -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Organizing for Media Reform in Canada -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. The Battle Over Low- Power FM in the United States -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Ninety Percent Community, 10 Percent Radio -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Media Reform Initiatives in West Africa -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Waves of Struggle -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Policy Hacking -- CHAPTER NINETEEN. Reforming or Conforming? -- CHAPTER TWENTY. ". . . please grant success to the journey on which I have come" -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Legislating for a More Participatory Media System -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Public Service Broadcasting in Egypt -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Impunity, Inclusion, and Implementation -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Media Reform through Capacity Building -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. Media Reform in Guatemala -- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. Media Reform in Mexico -- INDEX