I sent an email, but I'm not a fan of the auto-opt-in of the random mailing list.
Today is The Day We Fight Back
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#112Ultimately, uses of technology reflect a society's values. Unfortunately, mass surveillance will be a mainstream value until the fear of terrorism fades. As frustrating as it may be, all the protests in the world won't make these values mainstream.
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#113Ultimately, uses of technology reflect a society's values. Unfortunately, mass surveillance will be a mainstream value until the fear of terrorism fades. As frustrating as it may be, all the protests in the world won't make these values mainstream.
Consistently, through history, fear of terrorism is what destroys democracies. We need to make these values mainstream.
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#114Hash tags to show support? History is fucking laughing at us today.
History's not the only one. This is just adorable. I'm sure everyone involved feels like a really, really good person, though.
People are trying to get the law changed in the USA. It needs a show of support to help get this done.
It's much harder work than writing snarky one liners on some internet forum for nerds whilst you sip your expensive coffee.
This is the day to ask them to stop spying, and to ask our leaders to make them stop spying.
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#115All of the people who built the site and the banner are volunteers who met on HN across various threads, and not members of any of the advocacy orgs or companies listed on the site. We're really interested in getting feedback on how future campaigns can be better, and happy to discuss some of the decisions we made. The non-profits involved did all the legal and organization lifting, and this is a great opportunity to…
I'm actually curious how long it takes before Google adds it to their frontpage :)
They seem to be celebrating "Safer Internet Day"
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#116I suppose it's common knowledge now, but a lot of people seem to think a phone call will get more attention then an email in political scenarios.
Or... do both! and more!
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#117Odd. The call count seems to go up and down with every refresh.
Also, when you call the 202 number instead of having it call you, you the message talks about something related to the trans-Atlantic partnership, not the NSA issue.
Thanks for putting this together. I called and was pleased with the experience. Really hope some good comes of this.
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#118I'm all for this (fighting back) ... but (and I sincerely don't mean to be cheeky) but how exactly is putting a banner on your website 'fighting back' ?
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#119So...the number it tells me to dial (202) 999-3996 tells me I'm calling to fight the Fast Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This isn't related...could someone fix this?
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#120"THE DAY WE FIGHT BACK AGAINST MASS SURVEILLANCE" ... by entering your phone number and email address. LOL!