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
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Thanks Nikolas!
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Nikolas Becker <
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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
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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
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