@Zander That's an interesting question and there's reason to be concerned. Having no credit history is often considered a negative sign. We don't know for a fact, but would suspect, that many renter models would flag no social history as a negative sign as well.

Ever feel like you’re applying for a security clearance just to rent an apartment? 🤯 You’re not alone. Across Canada, renters are being asked to hand over deeply personal data while AI tools scan social media, generate “risk scores,” and quietly decide who gets housing. ✅ ❌

👉 Read our latest guest post on the rise of AI landlords in Canada, by Lynn Yu Ling Ng, and learn what this means for privacy, consent, and the future of renting — and what we can do about it!

https://openmedia.org/article/item/watch-this-space-the-rise-of-ai-landlords-in-canada

Maybe you're already on @signalapp, the world's most privacy protecting messaging app. Maybe you're thinking about starting.

But is just downloading the app the end of defending your privacy? NO!

Read this great guide on how to sign up, and best practices on the app: https://www.theverge.com/tech/872493/signal-community-organizing-guide-group-chat

Is 🇨🇦 a sovereign country? Are we prepared to do what it takes to be one?

We just released a five point plan to getting there – and YOU can review and endorse it!

Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: https://www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter

Help @OpenMediaOrg fight for the open Internet. Donate today! https://openmedia.org/donate #technology #nptech

Is 🇨🇦 a sovereign country? Are we prepared to do what it takes to be one?

We just released a five point plan to getting there – and YOU can review and endorse it!

Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: https://www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter

The Department of Homeland Security is issuing lawless subpoenas for online user data. Tech companies need to do more to fight back. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas

AI is engaging with people and children more intimately than any technology ever has before. Safety and privacy regulation, NOW!

https://www.wired.com/story/an-ai-toy-exposed-50000-logs-of-its-chats-with-kids-to-anyone-with-a-gmail-account/

🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today! https://openmedia.org/DigitalCharter-mtd @OpenMediaOrg

RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/116004454780528633

At @OpenMediaOrg we will always fight for your privacy. And that’s a Pinkie promise.

Canada can’t afford a “buy now, regret later” AI strategy. 🚫🤖 Urge your MP to push our leaders to act now with people-first rules that actually protect our digital future. 🇨🇦 Send your message now 👉 https://openmedia.org/AI4Canadians @OpenMediaOrg

Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE https://openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-mtd @OpenMediaOrg

🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 https://openmedia.org/Privacy4Canadians @OpenMediaOrg

Is Hootsuite still a B corp, committed to social good? How does that justify "social listening" contracts with ICE in 2026?

Glad to speak w/CBC's Gloria Macarenko about it: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/16195036-openmedia-head-reacts-hootsuites-contract-ice

Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE https://openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-mtd @OpenMediaOrg

Hootsuite.com promised to cut ties with ICE in 2020. Now they’re seeking billion-dollar contracts to help ICE monitor social media. 🚩 As a B Corp, they should protect rights—not build surveillance tools. Tell them to drop the deal: #NoTechForICE https://openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice-mtd @OpenMediaOrg

A reminder, Hootsuite is a B corp- legally required to consider the impact of their work on the public.

Does selling "social listening" tools to 2026 ICE, and angling for a multi-million dollar contract, strike you as B corp behaviour?

If it doesn't, speak your mind here:
https://www.openmedia.org/NoTech4Ice

Take a deep breath.

One day after launch of our campaign for Hootsuite to drop their contract to provide ICE "social listening" tools– this letter.

Their CEO writes she is glad people are "showing up" and "being vulnerable", but they'll keep the ICE contract. Their ToS prohibits individual surveillance, and that's enough.

https://www.hootsuite.com/letter-from-irina

Is that enough to anyone else?

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