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

Fri Feb 7 13:27:33 PST 2014

Yes the context is global. It is a world wide action with global
focus. The civil society organizations lead “Necessary and
Proportionate” initiative https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/,
is not only about opposition to mass and intrusive surveillance
programs operated by US intelligence agencies. It is not a call to
action by US citizens to call/email Congress and urge reform of
intelligence services.

We have the same in Europe. The European Parliament is working on a
resolution on mass surveillance. Draft report from the work of Civil
Liberties Committee is in the middle of the page
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb/search/simple.htm?reference=LIBE/7/13778
(above working documents co-authored by the rapporteur and the
shadows-rapporteurs, bellow more as 500 amendments)

The current draft of the resolution will be first amended and
confirmed by the Committee at 13 February and submitted as a draft
resolution to the plenary at 11 March. We have a chance that the EU
will set world standards in personal data protection and will start
setting the rules on purpose and scale of surveillance and its place
in a democratic society. We in Europe have the same possibility to
call our representatives.
http://savetheinternet.eu/en/#howtocall

A key appeal on giving protection by the EU to Snowden is proposed as
an amendment. As it was with ACTA, without strong public pressure big
political groups with prime ministers and ministers in member states
governments and commissioners in the European Commission are not going
to annoy the US government and powerful business interests.

More active role of ISOC HQ and chapters would be highly welcomed.
Mass mobilization – not only one day, but a month long – is
indispensable for success. In Poland Panoptykon Foundation is keeping
pressure on government by asking 100 Questions on the NSA Spying. Here
is a summary of the campaign something you might be inspire to
replicate in your country:
https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/content/panoptykon-100-questions-about-prism

Best regards
Józef Halbersztadt

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'JotHal' jozef [dot] halbersztadt [at] gmail [dot] com
Internet Society Poland http://www.isoc.org.pl

2014-02-07 20:39 GMT+01:00 Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>:
> At 18:31 +0000 7/2/14, Ted Mooney wrote:
>>
>> 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/>https://thedaywefightback.org/.
>
>
> Australian activities within this context are being coordinated by
> Jon Lawrence of Electronic Frontiers Australia.
>
> Jon is also a Director of ISOC-AU, and is on this list.
> But he's pretty busy right now, preparing for 11 Feb.
>
> The relevant site is https://www.citizensnotsuspects.org.au/support-us/
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
>
>>  ... 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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