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[Alex Hanselka <alex AT opennicproject.org>]

Thanks for sharing! This stuff is important :)

Alex

On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:32 PM, subhuman <discipline AT gmx.net> wrote:

> just in case you didn't find the message already somewhere in one of your 
> own inboxes. ;-)
> --martin
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 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:
> [ 
> https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internetdefenseleague.org%2F&text=If%20we%20act%20together%2C%20we%20can%20save%20the%20net%20from%20censorship%20and%20broken%20legislation.%20Join%20me%20in%20the%20InternetDefenseLeague&tw_p=tweetbutton&url=http%3A%2F%2Finternetdefenseleague.org
>  ]      
> 
> SHARE ON FACEBOOK:
> [ 
> http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Finternetdefenseleague.org 
> ]    
> 
> 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 ] 
> 
> -- 
> The only cure to the evils of Democracy is more Democracy.
> 
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