FYI in case you did not see this email on WM-l. Curious what folks on this list think.
Also, is Tom on this list? -greg > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]> > Date: October 1, 2015 at 7:27:55 AM EDT > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: Júlia Baderna <[email protected]>, Helder Geovane Gomes de Lima > <[email protected]>, Contato PL Espião <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Support needed: Our Congress is trying to butcher the > Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet > > Hello Wikimedia friends, > > the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Internet> > is being threatened by our Congress. You can see details and supporting > organizations and collectives here in this letter > <https://gist.github.com/everton137/c2acdf0025b68013ea2d>. > > I'd like to ask support from other Wikimedia communities (chapters, local > groups, Wikipedia groups by language etc.) and Wikimedia Foundation. I've > proposed a blackout at the Portuguese Wikipedia > <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Projetos_de_Lei_que_amea%C3%A7am_liberdade_de_express%C3%A3o_e_direito_%C3%A0_privacidade_no_Brasil:_vale_um_apag%C3%A3o_na_Wikip%C3%A9dia_%2829set2015%29>, > and it seems to be supported by the majority of collaborators. > > That said, somethings I'd like to kindly ask: > 1. a person from Wikimedia Foundation to support us technically with the > blackout; > 2. other groups support us doing the same on their Wikipedias, as it was > done by several Wikipedias when freedom of speech was threatened in the USA > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA>; > 3. provide us the source code of the blackout done at the English > Wikipedia for we adapt it to Portuguese. > > Other advices and support I didn't list here are welcome. Thanks, > > Tom > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga > Open Knowledge Brasil > > Watch out! The Brazilian Congress is trying to butcher the Brazilian Civil > Rights Framework for the Internet! > > (Original version here > <https://gist.github.com/everton137/95bac99f2015ab9585b5>) > > Civil society organizations part of the coalition pro Marco Civil > ('Articulação Marco Civil Já!') repudiate parliamentary initiatives that > threaten Internet users privacy and freedom of expression. > > Currently there are three different Bills under way in the House of > Representatives that threaten one of the most important democratic gains of > the last period - the approval of the Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for > the Internet > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Internet> > ('Marco Civil da Internet'), Law 12.965/2014. Marco Civil ensures > fundamental rights to Internet users, such as privacy and freedom of > expression and is in line with internationally accepted orientations and > principles for Internet governance. > > Motivated by parliamentarians self-interest to restrain criticism from > citizens and social movements backed by the right to freedom of expression > in Internet, and supported by private and economic interests, these Bills > were introduced in the House aimed to change Marco Civil. > > PL 215/2015 - a bill presented by Brazilian representative Hildo Rocha > (PMDB), and its attachments - PL 1547/2015 authored by Expedito Netto, and > PL 1589/2015 by Soraya Santos - seeks to include harsher punishments into > articles 48 and 141 of Brazil's Criminal Code to inhibit social network > users crimes. Furthermore, the bill changes provisions of MCI, modifying > articles 10, 13, 15, 19 and adding article 21-A. These changes grant public > authorities access to data from Internet users with no need of a court > order, and mandatory removal of published online content after a simple > allegation of crime against honor, which also impose individual and > economic restriction penalties to internet providers deeply compromising > the principles of non-accountability on the internet. User's data that > authorities will be able to obtain without a warrant include all online > communication - content from e-mails, online chat and conversations through > messenger apps such as Skype and Whatsapp. > > In the seventh and last version of the substutive, the proposal also > provides the extension of registrations data to be collected by Internet > Providers, imposing the obligation to retain data such as full address, > phone and social security number, wich can be passed on, without judicial > order, to authorities that have the legal authority to make such a request. > > The Bill 215/2015 puts at risk the necessary balance between protecting the > right to privacy and the criminal prosecution as well as democracy itself > by allowing such abuses. > > Such proposals have already been rejected in the course of MCI. > Incidentally, it is worth noting that the devices now present in the MCI > were the result of a broad social debate and an intense political > negotiation, which makes this one of the most democratic laws already voted > in the recent history of Brazil’s National Congress. > > We believe that any change in MCI should be preceded by a qualified > discussion, supported by technical considerations, political and social. It > is needed, mostly, intense democratic participation equivalent to the > process from which it originated, with a public consultation process, so > that society interests can be represented regarding personal data > protection and freedom of expression on the internet. > > We know that a very significant wing of the PMDB frontally opposed to the > approval of MCI, representing conservatory and powerful economic interests > agents. However, such interest can not override the safeguards established > by the democratic legislative process and the public interest as so overly > advocated in MCI's debate. > > The initiative of the mentioned representatives undermines the Rule of Law > principles, in that it reveals itself as retaliation for established > rights, even before the MCI being regulated, with the clear objective to > reverse the victory that Brazilian society had in Congress. > > Therefore, entities gathered in coalition pro Internet Rights Law repudiate > the artful maneuver and anti-democratic action carried forward by the PMDB, > which stimulates the arbitrary vigilantism and unreasonable censorship, > impairing the Rule of Law. We require that the representatives wait for the > democratic process already established by the Executive and the bill of > Personal Data Protection which will address the same issue, however, with > broad participation. > > - Sign the petition at: avaaz.org/plespiao > - See more: plespiao.org.br > > Organizations that support this letter > > - Actantes > - Advogados Ativistas > - Artigo 19 > - ASL Associação Softwarelivre.org > - Associação dos Blogueiros e Ativistas do Paraná - ParanáBlogs > - Baixa Cultura (baixacultura.org) > - Centro de Estudos de Mídia Alternativa Barão de Itararé > - Centro de Estudos de Mídia Alternativa Baronesa de Itararé (Núcleo do > Barão de Itararé no Paraná) > - Cibercult UFRJ > - Ciranda Internacional da Comunicação Compartilhada > - Coletivo Digital > - Coletivo Locomotiva Cultural > - Coletivo Pedra no Sapato > - Coletivo Soylocoporti > - Coding Rights > - FLISOL Brasil - Festival Latino-americano de Instalação de Software > Livre > - Fora do Eixo > - Fórum Nacional pela Democratização da Comunicação (FNDC) > - FotoLivre.org > - Fundação Blogoosfero > - Instituto Bem Estar Brasil > - Instituto Beta Para Internet e Democracia (IBIDEM) > - Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (IDEC) > - Instituto Brasileiro de Políticas Digitais - Mutirão > - Intervozes – Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social > - Labhacker > - Laboratório de estudos sobre Internet e Cultura (LABIC/UFES) > - Mídia Ninja > - Movimento Mega > - Open Knowledge Brasil > - PROTESTE - Associação de Consumidores > - Redelivre > - Tie-Brasil > - Transparência Hacker > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
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