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@ok.org.br Date: October 1, 2015 at 7:27:55 AM EDT To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Júlia Baderna jules@subvertising.org, Helder Geovane Gomes de Lima helder.wiki@gmail.com, Contato PL Espião contato@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_Internet 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_Lei_que_amea%C3%A7am_liberdade_de_express%C3%A3o_e_direito_%C3%A0_privacidade_no_Brasil:_vale_um_apag%C3%A3o_na_Wikip%C3%A9dia_%2829set2015%29, and it seems to be supported by the majority of collaborators.
That said, somethings I'd like to kindly ask:
- 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_Internet ('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
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Hello,
I'm here now because Stephen pointed out this mainling list (I didn't know it!). I'll create a subtopic at the Portuguese Wikipedia thread https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Projetos_de_Lei_que_amea%C3%A7am_liberdade_de_express%C3%A3o_e_direito_%C3%A0_privacidade_no_Brasil:_vale_um_apag%C3%A3o_na_Wikip%C3%A9dia_%2829set2015%29 so that we can concentrate communication there for the international support.
Stephen, I'll answer your questions there, but already giving one more referente in English http://ibidem.org.br/update-5-problems-of-the-spybill/ and ccing Paulo Rená, who also understand the legal aspects of the problem and can give you more information when requested.
Everton
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@me.com wrote:
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@ok.org.br *Date: *October 1, 2015 at 7:27:55 AM EDT *To: *Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Cc: *Júlia Baderna jules@subvertising.org, Helder Geovane Gomes de Lima helder.wiki@gmail.com, Contato PL Espião contato@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_Inter...
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_Lei...
,
and it seems to be supported by the majority of collaborators.
That said, somethings I'd like to kindly ask:
- 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_Inter...
('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 http://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 http://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
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Just to let you know, Electronic Frontier Foundation is supporting us:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/brazils-terrible-pl215
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga tom@ok.org.br wrote:
Hello,
I'm here now because Stephen pointed out this mainling list (I didn't know it!). I'll create a subtopic at the Portuguese Wikipedia thread https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Projetos_de_Lei_que_amea%C3%A7am_liberdade_de_express%C3%A3o_e_direito_%C3%A0_privacidade_no_Brasil:_vale_um_apag%C3%A3o_na_Wikip%C3%A9dia_%2829set2015%29 so that we can concentrate communication there for the international support.
Stephen, I'll answer your questions there, but already giving one more referente in English < http://ibidem.org.br/update-5-problems-of-the-spybill/%3E and ccing Paulo Rená, who also understand the legal aspects of the problem and can give you more information when requested.
Everton
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@me.com wrote:
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@ok.org.br *Date: *October 1, 2015 at 7:27:55 AM EDT *To: *Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Cc: *Júlia Baderna jules@subvertising.org, Helder Geovane Gomes de Lima helder.wiki@gmail.com, Contato PL Espião contato@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_Inter...
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_Lei...
,
and it seems to be supported by the majority of collaborators.
That said, somethings I'd like to kindly ask:
- 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_Inter...
('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 http://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 http://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
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