[governance] #UnfollowMe

[Tamir Israel]

Dear Mike,

You'll be very pleased to hear that in the report that was jointly
issued w/privacy international as part of this initiative, there's a lot
of relevant domestic content, including regarding Canada.

All the best,
Tamir

On 6/6/2015 10:20 PM, Michael Gurstein wrote:
>
> Good to see Tamir, thanks. Perhaps it would also have been good to
> have these connections indicated in the current call (to put
> additional pressure on locally and to use whatever leverage the
> general call achieves as part of the national campaigns).
>
>  
>
> M
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> *From:*tisrael at cippic.ca [mailto:tisrael at cippic.ca]
> *Sent:* June 7, 2015 12:18 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Ian Peter; Ian Peter; Michael
> Gurstein
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] #UnfollowMe
>
>  
>
> Moreover, there is coordination with domestic campaigns. For example
> amnesty / unfollowme has been fairly active in Canada on C 51.
>
> Best,
> Tamir
>
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> *From:*Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>>
> *Sent:* 6 June, 2015 2:59:58 AM EDT
> *To:* Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com
> <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>>, governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] #UnfollowMe
>
>  
>
> Yes I agree – but despite the headlines around it this one claims to
> “*call on the USA and UK – as well as their close allies Australia,
> Canada and New Zealand – to end indiscriminate mass surveillance
> today”. *So it’s not just USA, but the 5 Eyes.
>
>  
>
> *From:*Michael Gurstein <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>
>
> *Sent:*Saturday, June 06, 2015 4:22 PM
>
> *To:*governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org> ; 'Ian Peter'
> <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>
>
> *Subject:*RE: [governance] #UnfollowMe
>
>  
>
> Yes a good initiative but given the associated developments in our
> respective countries perhaps a two pronged initiative – one global and
> a second local/national -- would have been more useful.  There are
> several parallel initiatives currently underway in Canada in response
> to the execrable Harper governments hyper-execrable Bill C: 51 and it
> would be nice if there was international reinforcement support for
> these alongside this global initiative.
>
>  
>
> M
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> *From:*governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org>
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *Ian Peter
> *Sent:* June 6, 2015 11:19 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Subject:* [governance] #UnfollowMe
>
>  
>
> Worthy of support and widespread dissemination. Nice to see Amnesty
> International supporting this cause.
>
>  
>
> Thank you for signing our #UnfollowMe petition to end indiscriminate
> mass surveillance. We’ll deliver your signatures to leaders in the
> months ahead, and use your voices to demand urgent action.
>
> Together, we can stop governments hoovering up all our personal data –
> our emails, internet searches, voice calls, webcam images and so much
> more. We can pressure leaders to ensure surveillance of communications
> is the exception, not the rule. It should only happen when it’s
> targeted, based on sufficient evidence of wrongdoing, and authorised
> by a strictly independent authority, such as a judge.
>
> Please share this petition with your friends using the link below, and
> tweet your support using the hashtag #UnfollowMe.
>
> https://www.amnesty.org/en/action-unfollowme-tell-governments-to-ban-mass-surveillance/
>
>
> Thank you again for taking action – change only happens when people
> like you take a stand.
>
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