Publicpolicy October 2015

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Wikimania 2016 - shutdowns
by Deji Olukotun 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi Dimi, This is really exciting, and +1 to the other ideas. We think the issue of internet shutdowns is a growing and worrying concern. At Access, we're rolling out a project to track and respond to shutdowns. This particularly impacts Wikipedia users -- with a simple order from the government (and compliance by telcos), people are cut off from Wikipedia, not to mention emergency services and the resources the internet provides. Human rights violations often accompany shutdowns. We'd be happy to present on our findings and what we believe are sustainable solutions to this problem. Best, -- Deji Olukotun Senior Global Advocacy Manager Access | accessnow.org tel: +1 415-935-4572 | @dejiridoo PGP: 0x6012CDA8 Fingerprint: 3AEE 4194 F70E C806 A810 857A 6AD5 8F48 6012 CDA8 *Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Express: accessnow.org/express <https://accessnow.org/express>*

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Re: [Publicpolicy] Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 40, Issue 19
by John Andersson 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

In the blog post that Michelle posted it says that both ACLU and Cooley, LLP are working pro bono. (Which is pretty sweet!) Does that answer your question? Best, John > From: publicpolicy-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 40, Issue 19 > To: publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:00:12 +0000 > > Send Publicpolicy mailing list submissions to > publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > publicpolicy-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > publicpolicy-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Publicpolicy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court grants gov't motion > to dismiss (Michelle Paulson) > 2. Re: Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court grants gov't > motion to dismiss (Fæ) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:31:38 -0400 > From: Michelle Paulson <mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org> > To: publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Publicpolicy] Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court > grants gov't motion to dismiss > Message-ID: > <CAL7R-pvFSgNmZ5pKQu+=GjXhmgh6S9_R3yF2cKA2rax+=TRucA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi All, > > Yesterday, a federal district court granted the government's motion to > dismiss our Wikimedia v. NSA > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA> case. For those > of you familiar with procedural rules, the Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed > the case on standing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_%28law%29> > grounds. What this means is that the court believed that we, along with our > co-plaintiffs, were unable to plausibly allege that the NSA is capturing > our communications. The ruling *did not* reach the substance and merits of > the case. > > We respectfully disagree with the decision and plan on appealing. This was > not an unexpected outcome at this point in the litigation, and our counsel > at ACLU feel that this is a strong posture for appeal. > > We continue to feel that the NSA’s mass surveillance poses a serious threat > to privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of association -- rights > that are essential to the Wikimedia movement, rights that we will continue > to fight for. We thank the community for all of the support you have shown > for this effort throughout this process. > > Please see our blog post > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/23/wikimedia-v-nsa-lawsuit-dismissal/> > for more information. > > -Michelle > == > Michelle Paulson > Legal Director > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org > 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office) > 415.882.0495 (Fax) > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical > reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* >

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CISA passes Senate
by James Salsman 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cf… Is the Foundation still interested in organizing the community for legislative advocacy?

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Wikimedia v. NSA Update - District court grants gov't motion to dismiss
by Michelle Paulson 25 Oct '15

25 Oct '15

Hi All, Yesterday, a federal district court granted the government's motion to dismiss our Wikimedia v. NSA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA> case. For those of you familiar with procedural rules, the Judge T.S. Ellis III dismissed the case on standing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_%28law%29> grounds. What this means is that the court believed that we, along with our co-plaintiffs, were unable to plausibly allege that the NSA is capturing our communications. The ruling *did not* reach the substance and merits of the case. We respectfully disagree with the decision and plan on appealing. This was not an unexpected outcome at this point in the litigation, and our counsel at ACLU feel that this is a strong posture for appeal. We continue to feel that the NSA’s mass surveillance poses a serious threat to privacy, freedom of expression, and freedom of association -- rights that are essential to the Wikimedia movement, rights that we will continue to fight for. We thank the community for all of the support you have shown for this effort throughout this process. Please see our blog post <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/23/wikimedia-v-nsa-lawsuit-dismissal/> for more information. -Michelle == Michelle Paulson Legal Director Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office) 415.882.0495 (Fax) *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*

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NSA lawsuit dismissed
by James Salsman 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/judge-tosses-wikimedias-anti-nsa… This is terrible, but it shows why we need to maintain a steady level of legislative advocacy involving community action instead of depending on the legal department on its own.

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CISA up for a vote again
by James Salsman 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-vote-no-on-the-cybersecurity-inf… As if anyone at the Foundation cares anymore. Why should they? They have cushy jobs and assured incomes. The Foundation Legal staff has shown their true colors by ignoring longstanding issues of interest to the Community and focusing exclusively on resume building.

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Support needed: Our Congress is trying to butcher the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet
by Gregory Varnum 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

FYI in case you did not see this email on WM-l. Curious what folks on this list think. Also, is Tom on this list? -greg > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <tom(a)ok.org.br> > Date: October 1, 2015 at 7:27:55 AM EDT > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Júlia Baderna <jules(a)subvertising.org>, Helder Geovane Gomes de Lima <helder.wiki(a)gmail.com>, Contato PL Espião <contato(a)plespiao.org.br> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Support needed: Our Congress is trying to butcher the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet > > Hello Wikimedia friends, > > the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Inte…> > is being threatened by our Congress. You can see details and supporting > organizations and collectives here in this letter > <https://gist.github.com/everton137/c2acdf0025b68013ea2d>. > > I'd like to ask support from other Wikimedia communities (chapters, local > groups, Wikipedia groups by language etc.) and Wikimedia Foundation. I've > proposed a blackout at the Portuguese Wikipedia > <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Projetos_de_Le…>, > and it seems to be supported by the majority of collaborators. > > That said, somethings I'd like to kindly ask: > 1. a person from Wikimedia Foundation to support us technically with the > blackout; > 2. other groups support us doing the same on their Wikipedias, as it was > done by several Wikipedias when freedom of speech was threatened in the USA > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA>; > 3. provide us the source code of the blackout done at the English > Wikipedia for we adapt it to Portuguese. > > Other advices and support I didn't list here are welcome. Thanks, > > Tom > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga > Open Knowledge Brasil > > Watch out! The Brazilian Congress is trying to butcher the Brazilian Civil > Rights Framework for the Internet! > > (Original version here > <https://gist.github.com/everton137/95bac99f2015ab9585b5>) > > Civil society organizations part of the coalition pro Marco Civil > ('Articulação Marco Civil Já!') repudiate parliamentary initiatives that > threaten Internet users privacy and freedom of expression. > > Currently there are three different Bills under way in the House of > Representatives that threaten one of the most important democratic gains of > the last period - the approval of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for > the Internet > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Inte…> > ('Marco Civil da Internet'), Law 12.965/2014. Marco Civil ensures > fundamental rights to Internet users, such as privacy and freedom of > expression and is in line with internationally accepted orientations and > principles for Internet governance. > > Motivated by parliamentarians self-interest to restrain criticism from > citizens and social movements backed by the right to freedom of expression > in Internet, and supported by private and economic interests, these Bills > were introduced in the House aimed to change Marco Civil. > > PL 215/2015 - a bill presented by Brazilian representative Hildo Rocha > (PMDB), and its attachments - PL 1547/2015 authored by Expedito Netto, and > PL 1589/2015 by Soraya Santos - seeks to include harsher punishments into > articles 48 and 141 of Brazil's Criminal Code to inhibit social network > users crimes. Furthermore, the bill changes provisions of MCI, modifying > articles 10, 13, 15, 19 and adding article 21-A. These changes grant public > authorities access to data from Internet users with no need of a court > order, and mandatory removal of published online content after a simple > allegation of crime against honor, which also impose individual and > economic restriction penalties to internet providers deeply compromising > the principles of non-accountability on the internet. User's data that > authorities will be able to obtain without a warrant include all online > communication - content from e-mails, online chat and conversations through > messenger apps such as Skype and Whatsapp. > > In the seventh and last version of the substutive, the proposal also > provides the extension of registrations data to be collected by Internet > Providers, imposing the obligation to retain data such as full address, > phone and social security number, wich can be passed on, without judicial > order, to authorities that have the legal authority to make such a request. > > The Bill 215/2015 puts at risk the necessary balance between protecting the > right to privacy and the criminal prosecution as well as democracy itself > by allowing such abuses. > > Such proposals have already been rejected in the course of MCI. > Incidentally, it is worth noting that the devices now present in the MCI > were the result of a broad social debate and an intense political > negotiation, which makes this one of the most democratic laws already voted > in the recent history of Brazil’s National Congress. > > We believe that any change in MCI should be preceded by a qualified > discussion, supported by technical considerations, political and social. It > is needed, mostly, intense democratic participation equivalent to the > process from which it originated, with a public consultation process, so > that society interests can be represented regarding personal data > protection and freedom of expression on the internet. > > We know that a very significant wing of the PMDB frontally opposed to the > approval of MCI, representing conservatory and powerful economic interests > agents. However, such interest can not override the safeguards established > by the democratic legislative process and the public interest as so overly > advocated in MCI's debate. > > The initiative of the mentioned representatives undermines the Rule of Law > principles, in that it reveals itself as retaliation for established > rights, even before the MCI being regulated, with the clear objective to > reverse the victory that Brazilian society had in Congress. > > Therefore, entities gathered in coalition pro Internet Rights Law repudiate > the artful maneuver and anti-democratic action carried forward by the PMDB, > which stimulates the arbitrary vigilantism and unreasonable censorship, > impairing the Rule of Law. We require that the representatives wait for the > democratic process already established by the Executive and the bill of > Personal Data Protection which will address the same issue, however, with > broad participation. > > - Sign the petition at: avaaz.org/plespiao > - See more: plespiao.org.br > > Organizations that support this letter > > - Actantes > - Advogados Ativistas > - Artigo 19 > - ASL Associação Softwarelivre.org > - Associação dos Blogueiros e Ativistas do Paraná - ParanáBlogs > - Baixa Cultura (baixacultura.org) > - Centro de Estudos de Mídia Alternativa Barão de Itararé > - Centro de Estudos de Mídia Alternativa Baronesa de Itararé (Núcleo do > Barão de Itararé no Paraná) > - Cibercult UFRJ > - Ciranda Internacional da Comunicação Compartilhada > - Coletivo Digital > - Coletivo Locomotiva Cultural > - Coletivo Pedra no Sapato > - Coletivo Soylocoporti > - Coding Rights > - FLISOL Brasil - Festival Latino-americano de Instalação de Software > Livre > - Fora do Eixo > - Fórum Nacional pela Democratização da Comunicação (FNDC) > - FotoLivre.org > - Fundação Blogoosfero > - Instituto Bem Estar Brasil > - Instituto Beta Para Internet e Democracia (IBIDEM) > - Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (IDEC) > - Instituto Brasileiro de Políticas Digitais - Mutirão > - Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social > - Labhacker > - Laboratório de estudos sobre Internet e Cultura (LABIC/UFES) > - Mídia Ninja > - Movimento Mega > - Open Knowledge Brasil > - PROTESTE - Associação de Consumidores > - Redelivre > - Tie-Brasil > - Transparência Hacker > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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New Wikimedian working on public policy: Myriam Berard
by Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Hello everybody, Please join me in welcoming Myriam Berard to Wikimedia. She is Wikimédia France's public policy assistant/trainee. Myriam is a talented photographer, an avid copyright activist and a master in digital rights. She will be responsible for pushing through FoP in France, so from now all all complaints to her, please :D Cheers, Dimi

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Catching up
by Milton Solórzano 11 Oct '15

11 Oct '15

Hello All, I'm having trouble understanding what's going on in these emails. They feel like intra-department threads at an office. How can I get up to speed? -Milton Vacaville, CA

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Re: [Publicpolicy] Publicpolicy Digest, Vol 40, Issue 7
by Milton Solórzano 10 Oct '15

10 Oct '15

I'm having trouble understanding what's going on in these emails. They feel like intra-department threads at an office. How can I get up to speed? -Milton Vacaville, CA On Oct 9, 2015 12:26 PM, <publicpolicy-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Publicpolicy mailing list submissions to > publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > publicpolicy-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > publicpolicy-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Publicpolicy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: New Wikimedian working on public policy: Myriam Berard > (Gregory Varnum) > 2. Re: New Wikimedian working on public policy: Myriam Berard > (Yana Welinder) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:22:49 -0400 > From: Gregory Varnum <greg.varnum(a)gmail.com> > To: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia > <publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Publicpolicy] New Wikimedian working on public policy: > Myriam Berard > Message-ID: <952E05E3-4593-4144-B018-9FB41F97ECF2(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Welcome, Myriam! > > Glad to have more folks helping with WM public policy! :) > > -greg > > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Nikolas Becker <nikolas.becker(a)wikimedia.de> > wrote: > > > > Myriam, welcome to Wikimedias monkey cage! ;) > > > > 2015-10-09 19:17 GMT+02:00 Nicole Ebber <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de > <mailto:nicole.ebber@wikimedia.de>>: > > Hi Myriam, > > > > Welcome to the Wikimedia world! I am looking forward to working with > > you and to meeting you at the Big Fat Brussels Meeting in November. > > > > Cheers, > > Nicole > > > > On 9 October 2015 at 17:32, Owen Blacker <owen(a)openrightsgroup.org > <mailto:owen@openrightsgroup.org>> wrote: > > > Bienvenue Myriam ! > > > > > > I'm one of the (volunteer) directors of these Open Rights Group, in > the UK. > > > FoP is something I'm particularly interested in and I wrote some > pieces on > > > Medium that got a bunch of coverage in summer. Also I'm a long-time > editor > > > (mainly on enwiki and commons), as User:OwenBlacker. > > > > > > En plus, je suis francophone et j'aimerais tant qu'on gagne le liberté > de > > > panorama pour toute l'UE. > > > > > > Don't hesitate to ask, if there's something I can do to help :-) > > > > > > Owen > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:14 Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov > > > <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com <mailto: > dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hello everybody, > > >> > > >> Please join me in welcoming Myriam Berard to Wikimedia. She is > Wikimédia > > >> France's public policy assistant/trainee. > > >> > > >> Myriam is a talented photographer, an avid copyright activist and a > master > > >> in digital rights. > > >> > > >> She will be responsible for pushing through FoP in France, so from > now all > > >> all complaints to her, please :D > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> Dimi > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Publicpolicy mailing list > > >> Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto: > Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Publicpolicy mailing list > > > Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto: > Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Nicole Ebber > > Referentin Internationale Beziehungen > > Adviser to the ED, International Relations > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de <http://wikimedia.de/> > > > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. > > V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts > > Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig > > anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, > > Steuernummer 27/681/51985 <tel:681%2F51985>. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Publicpolicy mailing list > > Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto: > Publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy> > > > > > > > > -- > > Nikolas Becker > > Mitglied des Präsidiums / Member of the Board > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin > > Tel. 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