Greatly done! This is not just news. It is a mark that will be recorded in bold letters in the history of human's quest for knowledge.
-user:ViswaPrabha https://ml.wikipedia.org On 10 March 2015 at 18:15, Tomasz Ganicz <[email protected]> wrote: > https is generaly increasing privacy of the users. http can be "listen" by > anyone. It is like using walkie-talkie - anyone with radio-scanner can > listen :-) > > > > > > 2015-03-10 13:26 GMT+01:00 Comet styles <[email protected]>: > > > for an organization taking on the NSA for "spying"..why are we using > > https? doesn't that show that we are already scared of them and > > running with our tail between our legs? > > > > On 3/10/15, Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > this sounds exactly as a thing we, as a movement, need institutional > > > support of WMF for. Thanks for doing that. > > > > > > dariusz "pundit" > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Michelle Paulson < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> 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 > > >> > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > >> [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 > > >> [email protected] > > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > , > > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > __________________________ > > > prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak > > > kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego > > > i centrum badawczego CROW > > > Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego > > > http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl > > > > > > członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk > > > członek Komitetu Polityki Naukowej MNiSW > > > > > > Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An > > > Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego > > > autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 > > > > > > Recenzje > > > Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml > > > Pacific Standard: > > > > > > http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ > > > Motherboard: > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia > > > The Wikipedian: > > > > http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > > > > > > -- > > Cometstyles > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > > > > > -- > Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz > http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek > http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ > http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz > _______________________________________________ > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
