Just to let you know, Electronic Frontier Foundation is supporting us: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/brazils-terrible-pl215
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm here now because Stephen pointed out this mainling list (I didn't know > it!). I'll create a subtopic at the Portuguese Wikipedia thread > <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> > so that we can concentrate communication there for the international > support. > > Stephen, I'll answer your questions there, but already giving one more > referente in English < > http://ibidem.org.br/update-5-problems-of-the-spybill/> and ccing Paulo > Rená, who also understand the legal aspects of the problem and can give you > more information when requested. > > Everton > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 <http://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 <http://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> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Publicpolicy mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >> >> > > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga > Open Knowledge Brasil > -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga Open Knowledge Brasil
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