[Chapter-delegates] "The Day We Fight Back" action

[Ted Mooney]

To all ISOC Chapters:

On 11 February, a coalition of activist groups, companies, and online platforms will hold a day of activism against NSA surveillance. You can find more details on "The Day We Fight Back" here:https://thedaywefightback.org/. The primary call to action is to urge US citizens to call/email Congress and ask legislators to oppose the FISA Improvements Act, support the USA Freedom Act, and enact protections for non-Americans.

The Internet Society supports the principles of this initiative and is planning a blog posting from Markus Kummer on Monday to highlight this effort, along with other similar initiatives across the community. I've attached a copy of that blog to this email.  As a global organization, our message will be focused on the importance of community collaboration around important topics that impact the future of the Internet. Because this initiative is primarily US focused, we do not plan to sign on to the website or post "The Day We Fight Back" banner on our website.  Nevertheless, we feel that all our Chapters should know about this initiative and, if you find this useful, take the opportunity to support it, either 1) with a signature and display of the banner (from the website information above) by the US chapters, or 2) by clicking on the International banner and other areas for non US citizen chapters.

This issue of pervasive secret surveillance by governments around the world has eroded trust in the Internet as a concourse of freedom, innovation, economic opportunity and global community development.  We encourage all our chapters to be vigilant and active in support of the open and secure Internet.

WIth thanks and best regards,

Ted Mooney
Senior Director, Membership & Services
The Internet Society
1775 Wiehle Avenue
Reston, VA 20190 USA
Office: +1 703-439-2774
Cell: +1 301-980-6446
eMail: mooney at isoc.org

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