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Europe and internet restriction

May 4, 2009

Similar, nay more sinister threats to Web use than S92 exist.

Look at this from Boing Boing

Follow it up and assist those who helped us.

Jeremie Zimmerman sez,

Threats to citizens’ basic rights and freedoms and to the neutrality of Internet could be voted without any safeguard in the EU legislation regarding electronic communication networks (Telecoms Package). EU citizens have two days to call all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ask them to vote for the “Citizens’ Rights Amendments”, in the second reading of the Telecoms Package. These amendments include all the safeguards that were removed in the “compromise amendments”, as well as provisions protecting against “net discrimination” practices and filtering of content…

Information on contacting your MEP

URGENT: Ask MEPs to adopt Citizens’ Rights Amendments on May the 6th.

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