Protests are very common in Mexico. Soccer players wear bags on their heads to protest unpaid wages, while clowns rage against circus laws. Parking meters in Mexico City are the latest focus, with people taking to the city's streets to demonstrate their opposition.

Sara Diamond talks to Canvas8 about technology, politics and ideas of global/local. She discusses Canada's ties to documentary, the importance of enabling self-representation and Twitter's opinion-forming role at the recent G20 summit.

In light of civil unrest in politically charged cities like Ferguson, New York City, Missouri City, Hong Kong and Mexico City, apps are being designed to bring underreported acts of injustice to light. How will activists armed with apps bring change?

In the wake of the revelations about NSA spying, Mexican youth have grown increasingly wary of government interference in electronic communication. And with the Mexican government proposing a reform bill to spy on and even disrupt mobile phones, people have begun protesting.