This Plan To End Government Spying Has Grown So Big It Might Actually Work
"Tim Berners-Lee, director of World Wide Web Foundation.
For the most part, it's hard to get too enthusiastic about various Internet campaigns that try to right the wrongs of this world, particularly the ones working on online privacy.
But a new one started two weeks ago is really worth watching. It's called, ironically enough, Stop Watching Us. This one is special because:
It has big, powerful players including Mozilla, the creators of the Firefox browser, and Tim Berners-Lee, the guy that invented the World Wide Web.
It's been attracting new participants like crazy. More than 500,000 people have signed up so far.
It's not just collecting signatures in some kind of lame Internet petition. It is using political campaign tactics to pressure Congress into taking action, sending letters from citizens to their representatives.
And, even better, it is getting people to actually get on the phone and call their representatives. (That part is kind of cool. You dial the organization's number and it automatically finds and routes you to your own representative.)
More: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/plan-end-government-spying-grown-181930815.html
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