Hi, Wow! I am proud to be a volunteer working with an organisation daring to take such steps.
I hope that this will bring concrete results. Best regards, Yann 2015-03-10 8:53 GMT+01:00 Michelle Paulson <mpaul...@wikimedia.org>: > Hi All, > > I’m writing to let you know that today the Wikimedia Foundation[1] is > filing suit against the National Security Agency > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency>, the Department of > Justice <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice>, > and the U.S. Attorney General > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General>[2] in order > to challenge certain mass surveillance practices carried out by the U.S. > government. We believe these practices are impinging the freedom to learn, > inquire, and explore on Wikimedia sites. > > Since the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures, we’ve heard concerns from the > community about privacy on Wikipedia. This lawsuit is a step towards > addressing the community's justified concerns. We believe that the > surveillance methods being employed by the NSA under the authority of the FISA > Amendments Act > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008> > negatively impact our users' ability and willingness to participate in our > projects. Today, we fight back. > > An op-ed > <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/10/opinion/stop-spying-on-wikipedia-users.html?_r=0> > by Lila and Jimmy about the lawsuit, and Wikimedia's stance on government > surveillance, appeared in The New York Times this morning. Additionally, we > just published a blog post > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/10/wikimedia-v-nsa/> with more > information about the suit. (The post will also up on Meta for translation). > > Best, > > > Michelle Paulson > > Senior Legal Counsel > > Wikimedia Foundation > > mpaul...@wikimedia.org > > [1] We are being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union> (ACLU). > Other plaintiffs include The National Association of Criminal Defense > Lawyers <http://www.nacdl.org/>, Human Rights Watch > <http://www.hrw.org/>, Amnesty > International USA <http://www.amnestyusa.org/>, Pen American Center > <https://www.pen.org/>, Global Fund for Women > <http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/>, The Nation Magazine > <http://www.thenation.com/>, The Rutherford Institute > <https://www.rutherford.org/>, and Washington Office on Latin America > <http://www.wola.org/>. > > [2] Other named defendants include: Michael Rogers > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Rogers>, in his official capacity > as Director of the National Security Agency > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency> > and Chief of the Central Security Service; Office of the Director of > National Intelligence > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence>; James > Clapper <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper>, in his official > capacity as Director of National Intelligence; and Eric Holder > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Holder>, in his official capacity > as Attorney > General <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General> of > the United States. > > > *NOTICE: This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you > have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the > mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation and for legal/ethical > reasons, I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community > members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity. For more > on what this means, please see our legal disclaimer > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Legal_Disclaimer>.* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
