[governance] Jan 18 : website strike against censorship - can our sitesjoin ?

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Hi,

For any strike one can argue on the positive and negative impact it can
create on individuals. In this case a large majority of internauts are
barely or not at all aware that a strike is in the offing. Joining the
strike is a way to give it more visibility and coverage in the media. Hence
more people will discover that there is a problem, and hopefully try and
find out what SOPA means to them.
- - -

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 19:07, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> As I see this advertised more and more, I find I really have mixed feeling
> about it.
>
> In one sense, like all strikes it says , see how much you will miss us if
> the SOPA/PIPA/New Delhi/../China inspired . censorships moves continue.
> And that i very much support.
>
> But who is going to miss them during the strike?
>
> a. The people who appreciate freedoms of expression - no badly how
> distorted they are now by moneyed and other powered influences - and
> beleive this would make it much worse, crowd; or
>
> b. The people who want to shut things down for one reason or another will
> breath a sigh of relief, show that the world did not end and feel inspired
> that: yes, they are doing the eight thing.
>
> As for Michael's question related to the IGC  site, I would not object
> either way.
>
> avri
> - - -
>
> On 14 Jan 2012, at 10:23, michael gurstein wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Donny Shaw <info at fightforthefuture.org>
> > Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:34 PM
> > Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Web Goes on Strike!
> > To:
> >
> > On Jan. 18th there is going to be an all-out strike on the internet.
> Websites across the internet are going dark in protest of the internet
> censorship bills in Congress, SOPA and PIPA.
> >
> > Some of the biggest sites in the world are participating: Reddit,
> Mozilla. And some others may join (e.g. a leading micro-blogging platform
> and a popular collaboratively-written encyclopedia), but they need a nudge.
> If we can get them to join this will be EPIC.
> >
> > Ask the biggest sites on the internet to join the strike. Click here.
> >
> > If you're on Facebook or Twitter, please use these links to share this:
> >
> >
> > Thank You!
> >
> > -Donny and the rest of the Fight for the Future crew
>
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