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ACTA: The new threat to the Net

Published: Feb 2, 2012 by TheOpenSource Filed under: News

Last week, 3 million of us beat back America's attack on our Internet! -- but there is an even bigger threat out there, and our global movement for freedom online is perfectly poised to kill it for good.

ACTA -- a global treaty -- could allow corporations to censor the Internet. Negotiated in secret by a small number of rich countries and corporate powers, it would set up a shadowy new anti-counterfeiting body to allow private interests to police everything that we do online and impose massive penalties -- even prison sentences -- against people they say have harmed their business.

Europe is deciding right now whether to ratify ACTA -- and without them, this global attack on Internet freedom will collapse. We know they have opposed ACTA before, but some members of Parliament are wavering -- let's give them the push they need to reject the treaty....



Please sign the NO SOPA, Avaaz petition (1,000,000+ have)

Published: Jan 8, 2012 by TheOpenSource Filed under: News

As concerned global citizens, we call on you to stand for a free and open Internet and vote against both the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Internet is a crucial tool for people around the world to exchange ideas and work collectively to build the world we all want. We urge you to show true global leadership and do all you can to protect this basic pillar of our democracies worldwide.

Sign the petition!

The vote could happen at any time now, and free speech champions in Congress say our outcry is crucial. Senator Wyden is even planning to block the vote by reading out our petition names for hours! We are meeting with the White House this week -- and members of Congress have asked to be updated daily on exactly how many signatures we've got. Let's reach 1 million before this important meeting.

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