[Advocacy Advisors] Calling for reform regarding mass government surveillance

Wed Mar 25 17:16:56 UTC 2015

Hi All,

I wanted to share a copy of the letter, which is now public:
https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/2579-nsa-coalition-letter/NSA_coalition_letter_032515.pdf

-Michelle

==
Michelle Paulson
Senior Legal Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Michelle Paulson <mpaulson at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Thanks, Dimi!
>
>
> On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <
> dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>> 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
>>> San Francisco, CA 94105
>>> mpaulson at wikimedia.org
>>> 415.839.6885 ext. 6608 (Office)
>>> 415.882.0495 (Fax)
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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)
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Mitglied des Präsidiums / Member of the Board
>>>> -------------------------------------
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>>>>
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> ==
> 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)
>
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