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in political, Tales from the Net

Thousands of patriots fought their way through jammed White House phone lines on April 5 to call on President Obama to keep his campaign promises by vetoing any PATRIOT Act extension unless it includes substantial new protections. The timing was perfect, just a day after he launched his re-election campaign. Now, the focus shifts to…

What’s the best technology base for an activism Q&A website?

Mar 18, 2011

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An activism group I know is thinking about setting up a Q&A (question-and-answer) site.Â What technology base should they use? Here’s the functionality wishlist: users can ask and answer questions, vote on others’ answers, and leave comments multilingual and accessible a pleasant and attractive user experience good moderation tools easy to attach tags (or categories)…

ACTION ALERT: House PATRIOT Act vote on Monday!

Feb 12, 2011

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Monday at 6:30 Eastern, the House is once again voting on HR514, which extends the PATRIOT Act until December of this year without introducing any new safeguards.Â Â So please try to find time this weekend to get involved and get the word out! To start with: use POPVOX to ask your representative know to oppose…

Following the Patriot Act battle on Twitter with Twazzup

Feb 7, 2011

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ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to veto the PATRIOT Act, April 5. ACTION ALERT: Meet with members of Congress about the PATRIOT Act, April 18-May 1 Twazzup did a custom Twitter backchannel for Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference back in June 2009, and soon after that became the best way to follow the #iranelection protests. Later…

Patriot Act renewal: Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

Feb 6, 2011

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in political, Tales from the Net

Key provisions of the Patriot Act will sunset unless Congress renews them by the end of February. Time to make some noise. Fortunately, there’s an app for that!

Social network activism and the future of civil liberties

Oct 29, 2009

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Also posted on The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend The most recent skirmish on the Patriot Act reauthorization battle ended badly for civil liberties.Â Â Despite passionate speeches all around in the Senate Judiciary Committee public hearings and classified briefings, in the end, only Senators Feingold, Durbin, and Specter stood up for the Constitution. As Marcy…

New strategies for fighting FISA and the PATRIOT Act

Jul 4, 2009

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in political, Tales from the Net

The notes from the “birds-of-a-feather” session I led at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy are written up on the CFP Wiki. Alas, we didn’t get the online aspects to work; still, we had a dozen people there in person, including Get FISA Right members Thomas Nephew and Chip Pitts. It was a great discussion. The opportunities…

Get FISA Right: should we endorse the special prosecutor idea?

Jan 13, 2009

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There’s a voting thread up on the Get FISA Right blog. Current results: 18 yes, 1 no, 1 present (me, since I voted first, to avoid biasing people). Please weigh in!

Get FISA Right on Ideas for Change: only 72 hours left, five ways to help

Jan 12, 2009

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Voting in change.orgâ€™s Ideas for Change in America competition closes Thursday at 2 p.m. Pacific time. Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties has just fallen to #8, and a couple of the ideas close behind us like Pass the DREAM Act – Support Higher Education for All Students have…

Vote early, promote often: Ideas for Change and Get FISA Right

Jan 5, 2009

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The second round of voting in change.org’s Ideas for Change in America competition kicked off today.Â Please vote for Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties — and help promote it! To vote, just click on the Vote here button on the widget on the right.Â (If your vote doesn’t…

On to the second round of “Ideas for Change in America”!

Jan 2, 2009

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Also posted on the new Get FISA Right blog Happy new year! My idea Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties finished #2 in the Criminal Justice category of change.org/MySpace’s Ideas for Change in America competition, and so has advanced to the second round. We can revise the idea over…

“President Obama, please get FISA right” approved by Comcast

Dec 23, 2008

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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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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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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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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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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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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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