Hi Michelle,
I want to second Niko and thank you for the heads-up.
I also want to share that as someone active in EU advocacy for Wikimedia
and as a volunteer fully support this!
Dimi
2015-03-20 1:16 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Thanks Nikolas!
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Nikolas Becker <
nikolas.becker(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi Michelle,
thank you for letting us know about this step in advance and good luck
for this action!
Best wishes
Nikolas
2015-03-19 23:19 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <mpaulson(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> Hi All,
>
> I wanted to let you know that the Wikimedia Foundation will be signing
> on to a letter addressed to Congress, President Obama, and the NSA, among
> others, calling for (1) an end to the U.S. government's bulk collection
> under the USA PATRIOT Act <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act>; and
> (2) greater transparency and accountability.
>
> The letter, as well as the identities of the broad coalition of
> co-signers, is unfortunately embargoed until Wednesday (25 March) morning
> when it goes public. I will follow up with this list then with a copy of
> the letter, but wanted to let you know about the action we plan on taking
> to further voice our opposition to mass government surveillance and the
> chilling effect it has on Wikimedia users and projects.
>
> Thanks!
> -Michelle
> ==
> Michelle Paulson
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> Wikimedia Foundation
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