Info Policy News: Olympic Issues and ACTA

Abstract

In this third news column from the BCLA Information Policy Committee, we report on our November Salon: The Olympics and Free Speech Issues. The salon, jointly hosted with the Intellectual Freedom Committee, featured speakers Chris Shaw and David Eby, who highlighted issues including limits placed on free expressions, cost of the Olympics, impact on poor and homeless people, privacy and surveillance, and transparency and accountability of VANOC and Olympic-related security endeavours.