Hi Advisory Group,
On behalf of myself and Geoff, we’d like to direct your attention to our blog post about the PRISM situation, posted at: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/14/prism-surveillance-wikimedia/
We also invite you to share your thoughts on the talk page at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:PRISM
In summary, we are inclined to recommend that we collaborate with Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Free Software Foundation, and the Center for Democracy and Technology in their efforts to demand transparency from the government. These groups have now prepared an open letter to the U.S. Congress (available at stopwatching.us), calling for transparency, investigation, reform, and accountability. They plan to take further action, and they have asked other organizations (like WMF) to join them.
Please take this opportunity to share what you think. We will consider all feedback, but because events are moving quickly, we feel we need to make a decision by June 21, 2013.
Many thanks,
Luis and Geoff
Luis Villa Deputy General Counsel
Geoff Brigham General Counsel Wikimedia Foundation
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