[Advocacy Advisors] Calling for reform regarding mass government surveillance

[Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov]

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 at wikimedia.org>:

> Thanks Nikolas!
>
> ==
> Michelle Paulson
> Senior Legal Counsel
> Wikimedia Foundation
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Nikolas Becker <
> nikolas.becker at 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 at wikimedia.org>:
>>
>>> 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
>>> Senior Legal Counsel
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
>>> San Francisco, CA 94105
>>> mpaulson at wikimedia.org
>>> 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office)
>>> 415.882.0495 (Fax)
>>>
>>> *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you
>>> have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the
>>> mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical
>>> reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
>>> members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more
>>> on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer
>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.*
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>> --
>> Nikolas Becker
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