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Here's an e-mail I got today. I don't normally talk about politics on this journal, but this affects the internet and this means it affects everyone reading this. For more on CISPA and what it actually means for you, click here for more information.
We pushed them to the brink, but House Republicans rammed through CISPA yesterday afternoon, ahead of schedule.
Let's make sure it dies in the Senate.
Our hundreds of thousands of emails and tens of thousands of phone calls have had a real impact:
- Amendments were adopted that made CISPA (marginally) better.
- Earlier this month CISPA was supposed to sail through, but we helped foment real opposition, and the vote was far closer than anybody could have imagined even a couple of weeks ago.
- Most Democrats held firm in opposition, and more than two dozen libertarian-leaning Republicans defied their leadership and vote no.
- Most importantly, President Obama has threatened to veto CISPA.
The Senate will consider cyber security legislation in the coming weeks. Let's turn up the heat right away:
Click here to tell the Senate to reject CISPA and any and all legislation that doesn't respect privacy and civil liberties.
Thanks for fighting by our side, and please encourage your friends to get involved (and share our Lolcat). You can link back to us, forward this email, or use these links:
[fb] If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends.
[fb] If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign.
We pushed them to the brink, but House Republicans rammed through CISPA yesterday afternoon, ahead of schedule.
Let's make sure it dies in the Senate.
Our hundreds of thousands of emails and tens of thousands of phone calls have had a real impact:
- Amendments were adopted that made CISPA (marginally) better.
- Earlier this month CISPA was supposed to sail through, but we helped foment real opposition, and the vote was far closer than anybody could have imagined even a couple of weeks ago.
- Most Democrats held firm in opposition, and more than two dozen libertarian-leaning Republicans defied their leadership and vote no.
- Most importantly, President Obama has threatened to veto CISPA.
The Senate will consider cyber security legislation in the coming weeks. Let's turn up the heat right away:
Click here to tell the Senate to reject CISPA and any and all legislation that doesn't respect privacy and civil liberties.
Thanks for fighting by our side, and please encourage your friends to get involved (and share our Lolcat). You can link back to us, forward this email, or use these links:
[fb] If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends.
[fb] If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign.