Hi everyone,
Today, the United States’ Supreme Court denied our petition to review the
U.S. National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of internet
communications and activities, marking the end of our case Wikimedia
Foundation v. NSA
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_v._NSA>. While this
decision is a blow to privacy and freedom of expression online, we don’t
plan to let it hinder our advocacy efforts. We invite you to read our Diff
post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/21/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-hear-wikimedia-foundations-challenge-to-nsa-mass-surveillance/>
about this decision and our plans to continue to push to protect free
knowledge on Wikimedia projects and beyond.
If you wish to share the news, you can use this social media toolkit
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fuKz3Q9BKTrQygp4ef-sDYCkmYmNBuq93qdqMILMd4E/>
.
Best,
Jim
On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 10:53 AM James Buatti <jbuatti(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone,
We invite you to take a look at our Diff post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/08/26/wikimedia-foundation-aclu-and-knight-institute-urge-u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-challenge-to-nsas-mass-surveillance/>
about
a recent update in our lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency>, the agency
responsible for a number of mass surveillance practices that first came to
light in 2013
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2013/07/18/wikimedia-foundation-letter-transparency-nsa-prism/>.
As we describe in the post, we first filed
<https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html>
this case in 2015 to protect the privacy and free expression rights of
Wikimedia users worldwide. In the coming months, we will share more about
this case, its implications, and how you can get involved.
Best,
Jim Buatti on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Affairs and Global
Advocacy Teams
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