[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Stop Trump’s internet takeover — in 2 days!

Tue Aug 22 05:22:02 PDT 2017

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From: Danny Auron - Avaaz <avaaz at avaaz.org>
Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 9:14 PM
Subject: Stop Trump’s internet takeover — in 2 days!
To: "marbury.1947 at gmail.com" <marbury.1947 at gmail.com>

Trump is forcing a company to turn over the personal details of everyone
who visited an anti-Trump website!

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Trump is forcing a company to turn over the personal details of everyone
who visited an anti-Trump website! He could do whatever he wants with this
kind of power, like helping his dictator friends crack down on their
citizens. *Lawyers are taking him to court and if a million of us file a
brief with the judge, it could have a huge impact on the case.* Add your
name and let's stop Trump's internet takeover!
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Dear friends,

*Trump is forcing an internet provider to turn over the personal details of
1.3 million people* who visited an anti-Trump website! From anywhere in the
world!

*But we have 2 days to stop him.*

This could impact all of us -- over half of the world's websites are hosted
in the US. And Trump can do whatever he wants with the data, like give it
to dictator friends to help them crack down on their own citizens.

Lawyers are taking him to court, but they'll focus on the impact on
Americans. The judge can also consider the rights of non-US citizens and *if
we bring a court filing backed by a million people around the world,
arguing that our rights are at risk too,* it could have a huge impact on
the case!

*Add your name urgently -- the hearing is on Thursday* and Avaaz staff is
getting ready to file our brief to the court in front of the media:

*Click to stop Trump's Internet takeover *
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This kind of power would mean that Trump could demand the IP addresses and
behaviour of every visitor to Avaaz's website too. Or Wikipedia or Youtube.
Under US law, American citizens would have protections for what he can do
with their information, but the rest of us would have nothing. It would
transform our free internet into a big brother state with Trump at the
helm.

We can't let it happen.

Thankfully, US law could stop him if the judge feels like the threat to
privacy outweighs Trump's "security" concerns. And the fact that his first
victims are visitors to a website directly protesting his power is a mark
in our favour. *But the argument is even stronger if we can show the danger
this power holds for foreign website visitors who have no protection under
US law* and could be jailed or worse simply for signing a petition!

Let's add our voices now, and make sure the judge knows that his decision
will affect the whole world!

*Click to stop Trump's Internet takeover *
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The internet is more than just another issue, it’s what empowers our
movement to connect as human beings and win strategic fights that lift all
of us up. This is our chance to make sure it doesn't get overrun by Trump
and his cronies!

With hope,

Danny, Mia, Anne, Andrew, Martyna, Ricken and the rest of the Avaaz team

More information:
Tech firm is fighting a federal demand for data on visitors to an
anti-Trump website (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/
tech-company-is-fighting-a-federal-order-for-...
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/tech-company-is-fighting-a-federal-order-for-ip-addresses-to-find-visitors-to-an-anti-trump-website/2017/08/14/a65b7544-8152-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html>

In J20 Investigation, DOJ Overreaches Again. And Gets Taken to Court Again
(Electronic Frontier Foundation)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/j20-investigation-doj-
overreaches-again-and-gets-taken-court-a...
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/j20-investigation-doj-overreaches-again-and-gets-taken-court-again>

DreamHost is fighting DoJ request for 1.3M IP addresses of visitors to
anti-Trump protest site (Tech Crunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/15/dreamhost-is-fighting-
doj-request-for-1-3m-ip-addresses-of-visitor...
<https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/15/dreamhost-is-fighting-doj-request-for-1-3m-ip-addresses-of-visitors-to-anti-trump-protest-site/>

US government demands details on all visitors to anti-Trump protest website
(The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/donald-
trump-inauguration-protest-website-search-warra...
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/14/donald-trump-inauguration-protest-website-search-warrant-dreamhost>

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