Wednesday, February 12, 2014

100,000 sign anti-surveillance petition; 50,000 e-mail Congress

Protesters rally for 'the day we fight back' against mass surveillance | World news | theguardian.com - Adam Gabbat, The Guardian:

February 11, 2014 - "Tens of thousands of people and organisations were participating in a protest against the NSA’s mass surveillance on Tuesday, bombarding members of Congress with phone calls and emails and holding demonstrations across the globe.

"Dubbed 'The day we fight back', the action saw scores of websites, including Reddit, BoingBoing and Mozilla host a widget inviting users to pressure elected officials.

"The online demonstration saw more than 18,000 calls placed and 50,000 emails sent to US congressmen and women by midday Tuesday. Physical protests were planned in 15 countries.

"'The goal of the day we fight back is to stop mass surveillance by intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency,' said Rainey Reitman, activism director at the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation, which helped organise the events....

Reitman told the Guardian that over 100,000 people had signed an international petition opposing mass surveillance within a few hours of its launch.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/day-fight-back-protest-nsa-mass-surveillance

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