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Ideas for Change in America: heading into the homestretch

Dec 23, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Executive summary things are still in flux in the change.org/MySpace Ideas for Change in America as we head into the last week of the first round civil liberties (six ideas), drug reform (five ideas), and education (five ideas) dominate the top 30 my idea, Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil…
“President Obama, please get FISA right” approved by Comcast

Dec 23, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Get FISA Right’s cable TV ad for the inauguration has been approved by Comcast — almost two weeks sooner than we had estimated!Â So now it’s time for grassroots fundraising to put it on the air – in Washington DC, and potentially all around the country. The ad addresses President Obama directly, congratulating him on…
Photos wanted for the Get FISA Right “inauguration ad”

Dec 17, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Were you one of the 23,000 Obama supporters who got together on my.barackobama.com last July to protest his stance on FISA?Â If so, we’d like to include your photo in a cable TV ad we’re working on with SaysMe.tv that we’ll be broadcasting in Washington DC for the inauguration.Â Here’s the script: Even though we…
Turning the Page on FISA (guest-blogging on change.org)

Dec 13, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

I’ve got a post Turning the Page on FISA on change.org’s Criminal Justice blog today. Here’s the beginning: The coming year will present a unique opportunity for a broad-based activism campaign to restore our civil liberties and begin rolling back key pillars of the national surveillance state institutionalized by the Bush Administration and Congress over…
Get FISA Right: draft scripts up … feedback please!

Dec 11, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

First-draft scripts for a few different options for our next round of ads are up on the wiki: Better watch those nuns — and their friends too Obama’s cell-phone records breached Congratulations. Now, get FISA right. Feedback welcome!Â Discussion thread here … jon PS: in case you missed it, I posted a Get FISA Right…
Get FISA Right: quick update

Dec 11, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Executive Summary Ideas for Change competition: currently #6; please vote for and help promote our idea. Cable TV ads: notes from last conference call are up; next call Saturday; script frozen by Monday.Â Update, 9:30 pm: draft scripts including “Better watch those nuns — and their friends too” posted.Â Feedback please! 2009 strategy planning: please…
Get FISA Right: Proposed 2009 strategy

Dec 9, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

After discussions with people in Get FISA Right as well as others (including EFF, ACLU, privacy advocates, and journalists), I’ve put together a proposal for a 2009 Strategy.Â There’s also a Strategy Backgrounder, with a brief history, and a discussion of our strengths and challenges — as well as challenges for the anti-FISA forces in…
Get FISA Right: Proposed 2009 communication channels

Dec 4, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

In response to the consistent feedback that we need to simplify our communications mechanisms, there’s a proposal up on the wiki.Â A summary: to stay informed: check the website/blog at getfisaright.net OR get action alerts and daily(ish) newsletters on any one of the channels listed in the “Broadcasts” section below (email, RSS, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)…
FISA: How will the Obama administration respond on immunity?

Dec 3, 2008

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jon

in Personal

Justice Department attorney Carl Nichols didn’t get through his first full sentence defending the constitutionality of retroactive immunity for spying telecom carriers before U.S. district judge Vaughn Walker interrupted to ask about President-elect Barack Obama. “We are going to have new attorney general,” Walker interjected in Tuesday morning’s hearing in a San Francisco courthouse. “Why…
change.org/MySpace “Ideas for Change in America” top 20

Dec 1, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing

Updated info available at the top ideas list on the change.org site Ideas for Change in America is a citizen-driven project that aims to identify and create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama Administration and 111th Congress can turn the broad call for “change” across the country into specific policies…. The top…
Get FISA Right and Change.org’s Ideas site: Rupert Murdoch as civil rights sugar daddy?

Nov 24, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Nancy Scolaâ€™s Ideas for Change, and a Roadmap in techPresidentâ€™s â€œDaily Digestâ€ discusses Change.orgâ€™s Ideas for Change in America: The social-action hub has just announced that the project now has the backing of MySpace and a broad coalition of supporting partners, including techPresident, the Sunlight Foundation, Netroots Nation, VotoLatino, GOOD Magazine, Change Congress, Campus Progress,…
Constitution Day: Can we please talk about it?

Sep 17, 2008

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jon

in political

Constitution Day has arrived without major statements from Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain on the need to restore this country’s commitment to the rule of law. — John Nichols, Constitution in Crisis, Candidates in Denial, The Nation At the risk of showing my age, I grew up with the impression that the Constitution…
Get FISA Right: on the air in St. Paul!

Sep 3, 2008

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jon

in entertainment, political, social computing, Tales from the Net

During the past 8 years, the Bush administration listened to Americans’ phone calls and read their emails without a warrant. If elected President, John McCain would do the same.* – Get FISA Right ad, scheduled to air on Fox News in St. Paul today Update: check out Nick Juliano’s Anti-FISA group targets GOP delegates in…
Towards a rebirth of freedom: activism on social networks, part 1 (DRAFT)

Jul 30, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

DRAFT! Revised version posted at Pam’s House Blend and (under a different title, and minus the introduction ) Open Left.
Get FISA Right: A night of Facebook action

Jul 8, 2008

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jon

in political, privacy, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

It’s been a wild few days with the Get FISA Right activism campaign. Our bare-bones media room is the best place to get a quick summary of all the stuff going on; here are a few hightlights: over 22,000 members in the myBO group, and 1700+ on Facebook; we delivered our response and our asks…
It’s the Fourth of July, and we’re fighting for our civil liberties

Jul 4, 2008

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jon

in Personal, political, Tales from the Net

Originally sent to the Senator Obama – Please, No Telecom Immunity and Get FISA Right mailing list. I certainly don’t mean to trivialize the situation. There’s a huge amount at stake and the anger, frustration, and disappointment so many of us (including me) feel comes through in every post. Realistically, the odds are still against…
The first thing to do: set up a wiki

Jul 1, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

I remember hearing Zack Rosen of CivicSpace starting his talk about the team that put together the Katrina people finder by saying “one of the first things we did was set up a wiki” and it really struck a chord. As an effort like Senator Obama – Please, No Telecom Immunity and Get FISA Right…
TSA forces woman to remove nipple rings — with pliers

Mar 29, 2008

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jon

in political

Yes, really; and then defends the “thoroughness of the Officers involved”. Don’t you feel safer now? Our tax dollars at work … From AP’s coverage of Mandi Hamlin’s press conference: The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin’s chest, the Dallas-area resident said. Hamlin said she…
Wikileaks.org back up; Julius Baer’s stock down 3.6 percent

Mar 3, 2008

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jon

in political, social sciences

Free speech advocates immediately hailed as a victory the decision on Friday of a federal judge to withdraw a prior order turning off the Web address of the site Wikileaks.org. Indeed! Jonathan D. Glater’s New York Times article is an excellent overview of the complexities of the situation, including jurisdictional issues, the privacy rights of…
Facebook: censoring political speech

Feb 19, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing, social sciences, Tales from the Net

Update on February 22: How to respond when Facebook censors your political speech is up on Tales from the Net and Wired’s How-to Wiki and links back to comments in this thread. Alas, the Facebook Barack Obama discussion board was deleted on February 20, so many of the links here go off to oblivion. If…