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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:16:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Internet Defense League <info AT fightforthefuture.org>
To: discipline AT gmx.net
Subject: Cat Signal!


Dear IDL member,

Last year, right on the heels of our historic victory against SOPA, a piece 
of really nasty legislation almost passed that would have radically 
undermined online privacy.

It was called CISPA.  And it raced through the US House of Representatives, 
passing before any of us had a chance to react.  We stalled the bill in the 
Senate, but now CISPA is back, and we don't want to make the same mistake 
twice.  Before there is *any* movement on the bill, we want to send a strong 
message to Congress that CISPA shouldn't pass.  

That's why we're partnering with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to launch 
an Internet Defense League action starting tomorrow, Tuesday March 19th.  

Can you participate? If so, get the code for your site here: 
http://members.internetdefenseleague.org

And help get more people signed up by sharing this page with your social 
network:

SHARE ON TWITTER:
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Wait, what is CISPA?  And why does it matter so much?  

CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) would give 
companies complete freedom to share your personal data with the US 
government.  It doesn't *require* them to do so, but if the government asked 
it would be hard to say no, and they'd have no reason to-- CISPA would free 
them from any promises made to customers in public statements or privacy 
policies.

Your emails, your Facebook account, your bank statements, the websites you 
visit, your real-time location (courtesy of your cellphone company)-- all of 
it could soon belong to a slew of government agencies and even local police, 
who could use it against you without a warrant. 

Get the code: http://members.internetdefenseleague.org 

The IDL action will display only tomorrow. The banner looks like this: 
http://i.imgur.com/mVG9kVX.png -- The modal looks like this: 
http://i.imgur.com/tCOtoEC.png

And they both link to this action page hosted by the EFF: 
https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9048

Please spread the word. 

Thanks!  Sincerely,
Holmes Wilson - Internet Defense League

P.S. If you'd like to learn more about CISPA, the EFF has a great FAQ page 
here: https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq [ 
https://www.eff.org/cybersecurity-bill-faq ] 

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