Kudos to the Legal Team on this important case! -greg aka varnent
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:01 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <vp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <polime...@gmail.com> 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 <cometsty...@gmail.com>: > > > > > 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 <dar...@alk.edu.pl> 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 < > > > mpaul...@wikimedia.org> > > > > 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 > > > >> > > > >> 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > __________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Cometstyles > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
