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==Participants== |
==Participants== |
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Stop Watching Us was supported by over 85 organizations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/stop-watching-us-brings-85-organizations-together-to-demand-truth-and-transparency-on-prism/|title=Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations together to demand truth and transparency on PRISM|publisher=VentureBeat|date=2013-06-11|author=John Koetsier}}</ref> |
Stop Watching Us was supported by over 85 organizations,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/11/stop-watching-us-brings-85-organizations-together-to-demand-truth-and-transparency-on-prism/|title=Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations together to demand truth and transparency on PRISM|publisher=VentureBeat|date=2013-06-11|author=John Koetsier}}</ref> |
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* [[18MillionRising]] |
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* [[350.org]] |
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* [[Access]] |
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* [[Advocates for Self-Government]] ''(absent from the March 2014 list)'' |
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* [[American Civil Liberties Union]] |
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* [[American Library Association]] |
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* [[Americans for Job Security]] |
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* [[Anonyops]] |
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* [[ANSWER Coalition]] |
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* [[Antiwar.com]] |
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* [[Applied Research Center]] |
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* [[Association for Progressive Communications]] |
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* [[Association of Alternative Newsmedia]] |
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* [[Association of Research Libraries]] |
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* [[Big Bad Lab]] |
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* [[Bill of Rights Defense Committee]] |
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* [[Bitcoin Foundation]] |
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* [[Blog Action Day]] |
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* [[Bradley Manning Support Network]] |
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* [[California Computer Using Educators, Inc.]] |
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* [[Calyx Institute]] |
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* [[Campaign for Liberty]] |
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* [[Campaign to End the Death Penalty]] |
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* [[Care2]] ''(absent from the March 2014 list)'' |
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* [[Center for Democracy and Technology]] |
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* [[Center for Media Justice]] |
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* [[Centro de Cultura Luiz Freire]] |
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* [[ColorOfChange.org]] |
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* [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] |
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* [[Consumer Watchdog]] |
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* [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] |
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* [[Courage to Resist]] |
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* [[CREDO Action]] |
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* [[Daily Kos]] |
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* [[Defending Dissent]] |
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* [[Deep Green Resistance]] |
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* [[Demand Progress]] |
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* [[Detroit Digital Justice Coalition]] |
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* [[Digital Fourth]] |
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* [[DownsizeDC.org]] |
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* [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] |
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* [[Electronic Frontiers Australia]] |
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* [[EngageMedia]] |
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* [[Entertainment Consumers Association]] (ECA) |
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* [[Family and Friends of Incarcerated People]] |
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* [[FIDH]] – Worldwide Movement for Human Rights |
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* [[Fight for the Future]] |
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* [[Firedoglake]] |
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* [[Flobots]] ''(absent from the March 2014 list)'' |
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* [[Foundation for Innovation and Internet Freedom]] |
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* [[Free Press (organization)|Free Press]] |
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* [[Free Software Foundation]] |
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* [[Freedom of the Press Foundation]] |
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* [[Freedom Works]] |
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* [[Gandi.net]] |
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* [[Generation Justice]] |
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* [[Generation Opportunity]] |
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* [[GNOME]] |
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* [[Green Party of Rhode Island]] |
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* [[Green Party of the United States]] |
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* [[Greenpeace USA]] |
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* [[Guardian Project]] |
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* [[HackThisSite.org]] |
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* [[Icelandic Modern Media Initiative]] |
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* [[Institute for Policy Studies]] |
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* [[International Socialist Organization]] |
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* [[Internet Archive]] |
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* [[Internet Society]] of NY |
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* [[League of Technical Voters]] |
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* [[Learning About Multimedia Project]] |
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* [[Less Government]] |
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* [[Libertarian Party]] |
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* [[Liberty Coalition]] |
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* [[LibrarianShipwreck]] |
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* [[Main Street Project]] |
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* Mansfield North Central Ohio [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] Association |
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* [[May First/People Link]] |
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* [[Media Alliance]] |
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* [[Media Literacy Project]] |
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* [[Media Mobilizing Project]] |
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* [[Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition]] |
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* [[MoveOn.org]] |
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* [[Mozilla]] |
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* [[National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers]] |
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* [[National Coalition Against Censorship]] |
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* [[National Lawyer's Guild]] - DC Chapter |
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* [[National Security Counselors]] |
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* [[Occupy Wall Street|Occupy Wall Street NYC]] |
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* [[Occupy movement|OccupyWallSt.org]] |
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* [[Open Internet Tools Project]] |
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* [[Open Technology Institute]] at [[New America Foundation]] |
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* [[OpenMedia.org]] |
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* [[Our American Initiative]] |
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* [[Participatory Politics Foundation]] |
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* [[Partido PIRATA]] |
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* [[PEN American Center]] |
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* [[Pirate Party of Austria]] |
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* [[PolitiHacks]] |
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* [[Praxis Project]] |
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* [[Presente]] |
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* [[Privacy and Access Council of Canada]] |
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* [[Privacy Camp]] |
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* [[Privacy Rights Clearinghouse]] |
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* [[Progressive Change Campaign Committee]] |
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* [[Progressive Librarians Guild]] |
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* [[Project for Open Government]] |
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* [[Prometheus Radio Project]] |
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* [[Public Knowledge]] |
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* [[Public Record Media]] |
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* [[R Street Institute]] |
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* [[Reel Grrls]] |
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* [[Restore America's Voice]] |
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* [[RestoreTheFourth]] |
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* [[RevolutionTruth]] |
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* [[Rights Working Group]] |
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* [[Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association]] |
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* [[RootsAction.org]] |
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* [[Rutherford Institute]] |
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* [[Tactical Tech]] |
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* [[TechFreedom]] |
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* [[Telecomix]] |
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* [[Tenth Amendment Center]] |
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* [[The Other 98%]] |
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* [[The Rutherford Institute]] ''(absent from the March 2014 list)'' |
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* [[Tor]] |
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* [[Upwell]] |
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* Urbana Champaign [[Independent Media Center]] |
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* [[US Pirate Party]] |
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* [[WBAI]] Radio |
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* [[Whistleblower Defense League]] |
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* [[WITNESS]] |
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* [[Women in Media & News]] |
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* [[World Wide Web Foundation]] |
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* [[Writers Guild of America, West]] |
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* [[YourAnonNews]] |
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The businesses [[Amicus]], [[BoingBoing]], [[Control Shift Labs]], [[DuckDuckGo]], [[DSLReports.com]], [[Gandi.net]], [[Ghostery]], [[Namecheap]], [[NodeWest]], [[TechStars]], [[ThoughtWorks]], [[Personal Democracy Media]], [[reddit]], and [[Rocket Science]] were also listed on the site as selected signatories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://call.stopwatching.us/|title=Stop Watching Us}} (selected signatories on call page)</ref> |
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==Related protests== |
==Related protests== |
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{{seealso|The Day We Fight Back}} |
{{seealso|The Day We Fight Back}} |
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Stop Watching Us followed a series of rallies for [[Restore the Fourth]] in the summer of 2013, and was followed by [[The Day We Fight Back]], "more of a digital protest", on February 11, 2014 |
Stop Watching Us followed a series of rallies for [[Restore the Fourth]] in the summer of 2013, and was followed by [[The Day We Fight Back]], "more of a digital protest", on February 11, 2014, all of which were compared by ''[[Digital Trends]]'' to efforts in 2011 which eventually halted the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/10/5398638/the-day-we-fight-back-asks-the-internet-to-fight-surveillance|title=The Day We Fight Back: can an internet protest stop the NSA?|publisher=The Verge|author=Adi Robertson|date=2014-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/opinion/internet-fighting-back-nsa-today/|title=On ‘The Day We Fight Back,’ can we knock the NSA the same way we stomped SOPA?|publisher=Digital Trends|author=Andrew Couts|date=2014-02-11}}</ref> On January 17, 2014, when [[Barack Obama]] gave a [[Barack Obama on mass surveillance|speech on mass surveillance]], protesters outside the Justice Department were described by one website as "Hundreds of Stop Watching Us activists", wore "STOP SPYING glasses" and held sign stating "Stop Spying on Us", "Big Brother In Chief" "Obama = Tyranny."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mwcnews.net/focus/politics/35620-obamas-nsa-address.html |title=Reactions to Obama's NSA Address |publisher=[[Media with Conscience]] (Mwcnews.net)|date=2014-01-19 |accessdate=2014-01-28|author=Stephen Lendman, a research associate with the [[Centre for Research on Globalization]]}}</ref>{{verify credibility|date=February 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 01:21, 3 March 2014
| Stop Watching Us | |
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| Part of Aftermath of the global surveillance disclosure | |
 "Stop Watching US" rally in Washington DC, October 26, 2013 | |
| Date | October 26, 2013 |
| Location | |
| Caused by | Snowden leaks, Global surveillance |
| Goals | Congress to reform Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act |
| Methods | protest |
Stop Watching Us was a protest effort against global surveillance that culminated in rallies on October 26, 2013.
Open letter
The movement featured an open letter to the members of Congress.[1] It argues that "This dragnet surveillance violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' right to speak and associate anonymously, guard against unreasonable searches and seizures, and protect their right to privacy."[2]
The letter calls upon Congress to:
- "Enact reform this Congress to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the state secrets privilege, and the FISA Amendments Act to make clear that blanket surveillance of the Internet activity and phone records of any person residing in the U.S. is prohibited by law and that violations can be reviewed in adversarial proceedings before a public court;"
- "Create a special committee to investigate, report, and reveal to the public the extent of this domestic spying. This committee should create specific recommendations for legal and regulatory reform to end unconstitutional surveillance;"
- "Hold accountable those public officials who are found to be responsible for this unconstitutional surveillance."
Over 500,000 people signed the petition.[3]
Public Service Announcement video
| External videos | |
|---|---|
 Stop Watching Us: The Video |
The EFF produced a public service announcement promoting the movement.[4][5] It featured a wide array of individuals:[6]
Director Oliver Stone and actor John Cusack explain: "Everybody is at risk for getting caught up in the NSA dragnet – including average citizens not suspected of a crime"[7] Artist Molly Crabapple elaborates: "Some concerned email providers have chosen to shut their doors rather than cave to government subpoena to hand over theirs users data."
The video includes footage of James Clapper testifying, falsely, that the NSA did not engage in bulk data collection.[8][9]
Others featured in the video include: US Rep. John Conyers Jr., Professor Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law, activists David Segal of Demand Progress, Cindy Cohn of the EFF, Dan Choi, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Wil Wheaton, TV host Phil Donahue, and whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Mark Klein, and Thomas Drake.[10][11][12]
October 2013 Rally
On October 26, 2013, a rally was held in Washington, DC,[13] billed by organizers as the "largest rally yet to protest mass surveillance". A "diverse coalition" of over 100 advocacy groups organized the event and attracted thousands of protestors calling for an end to the mass surveillance made public by Edward Snowden.[14][15]
According to the Guardian, the most popular sign was printed with the words "Thank you, Edward Snowden". Jesselyn Radack read a statement from Snowden which said, in part, "This isn't about red or blue party lines, and it definitely isn't about terrorism. It's about being able to live in a free and open society ... elections are coming up, and we are watching you", adding that elected officials should be "public servants, not private investigators." The American Civil Liberties Union ran a column detailing its involvement and quoting a statement Snowden had provided to them in support of the event.[16]
Other speakers included former governor Gary Johnson and NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake. Drake addressed the crowd, saying in part, "It's time to roll back the surveillance state ... It is time for the U.S. government to stop watching us".[17][18]
Protestors also gathered on the day for a Stop Watching Us demonstration in Cologne, Germany.[19]
The date of the demonstration was 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act, which ultimately allowed for mass surveillance and bulk data collection. The "Stop Watching Us" website stated as a demand, the reform of "Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the state secrets privilege, and the FISA Amendments Act to make clear that blanket surveillance of the Internet activity and phone records of any person residing in the US is prohibited by law and that violations can be reviewed in adversarial proceedings before a public court."[20] It also calls for an investigation into the extent of domestic spying, and asks that officials found violating the constitution be brought to justice.[21]
Participants
Stop Watching Us was supported by over 85 organizations,[22]
Related protests
Stop Watching Us followed a series of rallies for Restore the Fourth in the summer of 2013, and was followed by The Day We Fight Back, "more of a digital protest", on February 11, 2014, all of which were compared by Digital Trends to efforts in 2011 which eventually halted the Stop Online Piracy Act.[23][24] On January 17, 2014, when Barack Obama gave a speech on mass surveillance, protesters outside the Justice Department were described by one website as "Hundreds of Stop Watching Us activists", wore "STOP SPYING glasses" and held sign stating "Stop Spying on Us", "Big Brother In Chief" "Obama = Tyranny."[25][unreliable source?]</ref>
References
- ^ "Stop Watching Us – A Coalition Against Mass Surveillance | Stop Watching Us". Optin.stopwatching.us. June 14, 2013.
- ^ "Mozilla Petition Asks NSA to 'Stop Watching Us'". Newsmax.com. June 20, 2013.
- ^ Zach Walton (June 27, 2013). "Over 500,000 People Want The NSA To Stop Watching Them". WebProNews.
- ^ "Oliver Stone and other Hollywood libs tell NSA: 'Stop watching us'". BizPac Review. October 24, 2013.
- ^ Ted Johnson Senior Editor @tedstew (October 23, 2013). "Maggie Gyllenhaal Warns Against NSA Surveillance". Variety.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Franich, Darren (October 24, 2013). "Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Cusack, more tell NSA to 'Stop Watching Us'". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Stars and civil liberties groups condemn NSA spying – Channel 4 News". Channel 4. January 17, 2014.
- ^ Bigelow, William (October 25, 2013). "'Stop Watching Us': Celebs Join Anti-NSA YouTube Campaign". Breitbart.com.
- ^ "Video – Celebrities "Stop Watching US!" they Blast Obama's Surveillance State, Repeatedly Invoke Richard Nixon. | Opinion – Conservative". Beforeitsnews.com. October 25, 2013.
- ^ Stopwatching.us (August 23, 2013). "Stop Watching Us:The Video". Eff.org via Youtube.
- ^ Bigelow, William (October 25, 2013). "'Stop Watching Us': Celebs Join Anti-NSA YouTube Campaign". Breitbart.com.
- ^ "Video – Celebrities "Stop Watching US!" they Blast Obama's Surveillance State, Repeatedly Invoke Richard Nixon. | Opinion – Conservative". Beforeitsnews.com. October 25, 2013.
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- ^ "What We Saw at the Anti-NSA "Stop Watching Us" Rally". Reason. October 26, 2013.
- ^ Bart Jansen and Carolyn Pesce. "Anti-NSA rally attracts thousands to march in Washington". USA Today. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^ Noa Yachot (ACLU Communications Strategist) (October 24, 2013). "Edward Snowden: This Saturday, Demand an End to the Surveillance State". American Civil Liberties Union.
- ^ Bart Jansen and Carolyn Pesce, USA TODAY (October 26, 2013). "Anti-NSA rally attracts thousands to march in Washington". USA Today. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ^ Jim Newell. "Thousands gather in Washington for anti-NSA 'Stop Watching Us' rally". The Guardian.
- ^ "Stop Watching Us in Europe: Germans protest in Cologne against surveillance". The Voice of Russia. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ^ "Stop Watching Us – A Coalition Against Mass Surveillance | Stop Watching Us". Optin.stopwatching.us. June 14, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ^ "'Time to reform surveillance state': Stop Watching Us rally challenges NSA spying". Russia: RT. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ^ John Koetsier (June 11, 2013). "Stop Watching Us brings 85 organizations together to demand truth and transparency on PRISM". VentureBeat.
- ^ Adi Robertson (February 10, 2014). "The Day We Fight Back: can an internet protest stop the NSA?". The Verge.
- ^ Andrew Couts (February 11, 2014). "On 'The Day We Fight Back,' can we knock the NSA the same way we stomped SOPA?". Digital Trends.
- ^ Stephen Lendman, a research associate with the Centre for Research on Globalization (January 19, 2014). "Reactions to Obama's NSA Address". Media with Conscience (Mwcnews.net). Retrieved January 28, 2014.