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

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

Yes, yes and yes

Aaron

On 1/17/12, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
> 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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