[bestbits] ALERT! Help Brazil against harmful congressional report

[Javier Pallero]

Dear friends,

as some of you may already know, the Brazilian house of representatives
came up with a dangerous report recommending the adoption of 8 new
cybercrime bills, 7 of which include dangerous provisions for digital
rights in Brazil.

Brazilian activists present at RightsCon wrote this statement and are
looking for support from international civil society to raise awareness on
this issue and ask the house of representatives to drop this awful
provisions.

*The deadline to sign is Wednesday April 6 (tomorrow) at 6 PM Brazil time
(UTC -3)*

*Please support our friends there! *


   - The letter (signatures updated on a rolling basis):
   https://www.accessnow.org/joint-statement-brazil-cybercrime/

*More resources*

   - ITS Rio de Janeiro initial report
   https://medium.com/@ITSriodejaneiro/politicians-want-to-censor-the-internet-in-brazil-with-the-excuse-of-fighting-cyber-crime-e9d47e4a571c
   - Andrew McLaughlin's post (with arguments to engage companies and
   startups)
   https://medium.com/@mcandrew/brazil-s-internet-is-under-legislative-attack-1416d94db3cb#.e8hcn6et9
   - Emergency session in RightsCon (video) https://youtu.be/HapGYuLzy10
   - Expressions of concern from the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee
   http://www.cgi.br/esclarecimento/clarification-note-regarding-the-report-released-by-the-brazilian-parliamentary-commission-of-inquiry-on-cybercrime/
   - Technical analysis and recommendations from Coding Rights and IBIDEM
   (thorough and detailed! In portuguese) https://cpiciber.codingrights.org/


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*Javier Pallero*

Policy Analyst / Analista de Politicas
Access Now | accessnow.org

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*Participe de RightsCon Silicon Valley, del 30 de Marzo al 1 de Abril de
2016: rightscon.org <https://www.rightscon.org/>*
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