<div dir="ltr">Hi to All,<div><br></div><div>Apologies for cross-posting.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro are beginning today! We recently learned that the Brazilian military -- which is in charge of security at the games -- has acquired new blocking and jamming technology. This comes at a moment when public protests are expected around a variety of issues.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We've launched a petition calling on authorities to keep on the internet and communications networks. The petition is available </span><a href="https://act.accessnow.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1921&ea.campaign.id=54342" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in English here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://act.accessnow.org/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1921&ea.campaign.id=54342&ea.tracking.id=tile" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in Portuguese here</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here's a sample Tweet:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tell Brazil not to jam communications networks or the internet during #Rio2016! Take action: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://act.accessnow.org/ea-" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://act.accessnow.org/ea-</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a<wbr>ction/action?</span><a href="http://ea.client.id/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ea.client.id</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=<wbr>1921&</span><a href="http://ea.campaign.id/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ea.campaign.id</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=54333&ea.</span><a href="http://tracking.id/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">t<wbr>racking.id</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=Twitter</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We'd appreciate it if you could spread the word. </span></p><br><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I've also attached an image that you can use for sharing.</span></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div>-- <br></div></font></span></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Deji Bryce Olukotun<br>Senior Global Advocacy Manager<br>Access Now | <a href="http://accessnow.org" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a><br><br>tel: +1 415-935-4572 | @dejiridoo<br>PGP: 0x6012CDA8<br>Fingerprint: 3AEE 4194 F70E C806 A810 857A 6AD5 8F48 6012 CDA8<br><br></div><div><i>Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on digital rights, the Access Now Express: </i><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/#sign-up" target="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