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

[Adam Peake]

Agree

Adam


On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You make a good argument.
> Which means to me that the front page note explaining the absence of the page is the most important part of this.
>
> avri
>
> On 17 Jan 2012, at 04:49, Louis Pouzin (well) wrote:
>
>> 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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