Steve Anderson is a

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-based Canadian open media advocate, writer, video producer, and social media consultant. He writes a monthly syndicated column called “Media Links”. Anderson was instrumental in starting a nationwide

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campaign to stop the

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(CRTC) from allowing

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and ending flat-rate Internet access in Canada.

National campaign

Anderson is the founder of

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,http://www.thewirereport.ca/reports/content/10282-cable_cos_call_for_status_quo_in_community_television_debate_say_internet_helps_meet_c a Canadian nonprofit organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada. Anderson was instrumental in sparking a nationwide public campaign against a decision by the CRTC to allow

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to impose

, which would effectively end Canada's flat-rate Internet access.Gillian Shaw
"How B.C. activists fought off the Internet billing plan"
republished from the ''Vancouver Sun'' (February 4, 2011). Retrieved April 5, 2011 His efforts reached the

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's office attracted international attention.

Writer and commentator

Anderson is a regular commentator on media and telecommunications developments, appearing both in Vancouver and Canadian national media.Oliver Knapp
"Pictorial Profile: Steve Anderson"
Broken Pencil. Retrieved April 5, 2011 Anderson has worked for

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, FreePress, The

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, and

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. Anderson's writing has appeared in numerous local and national print and online publications such as ''

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'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, ''Common Ground'', ''Vue Weekly'' and ''Social Policy Magazine''. Steve is a contributing author to Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories, and Battleground: The Media.

References

External links

Campaign for Democratic Media 2008 Annual ReportWhy Big Media is FailingThe Rise of the ProducerOpen Media, Open Government
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