the day we fight back

21 February: Reaction Day in Internet Watchers

The , Demand Progress, Reddit και Mozilla συγκαταλέγονται στις εταιρείες και τις οργανώσεις υπεράσπισης των ψηφιακών δικαιωμάτων που έχουν ορίσει την 21η Φεβρουαρίου ως ημέρα αντίδρασης στη μαζική καταγραφή των online from the NSA and other secrets .

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Η εκστρατεία έχει ονομαστεί «The Day We Fight Back» και είναι αφιερωμένη στον Aaron Swartz, ο οποίος αυτοκτόνησε στις 11 Ιανουαρίου 2013. Ο 35χρονος ακτιβιστής είχε παραπεμφθεί σε δίκη, με την κατηγορία ότι είχε ανακτήσει και είχε κυκλοφορήσει ελεύθερα στο διαδίκτυο περισσότερα από 4 scientific articles, which were sourced from the MIT and JSTOR online libraries.

Although he did not have any financial benefit from repossession of the repositories, the sentences he was facing were devastating. Thus, the possibility of being sentenced to imprisonment of up to 30 years and a fine of 4 million dollars, according to his environment, played a crucial role in deciding to end his life.

Organizers are inviting webmasters around the world to post the campaign banner on their sites, and on that day Americans can flood Congress with και τηλεφωνήματα. Επίσης, ζητούν από τους χρήστες σε όλο τον κόσμο να διακινήσουν online οποιουδήποτε είδους υλικό έχει προκύψει, με αφορμή τις αποκαλύψεις του Έντουαρντ Σνόουντεν, και να αλλάξουν το προφίλ τους στα social media, δηλώνοντας με αυτό τον τρόπο πως είναι αντίθετοι στις παρακολουθήσεις.

At the same time, the initiators recall that two years have passed since the withdrawal of the SOPA and PIPA, following similar campaigns. With the declared aim of protecting intellectual property being trafficked on the Internet, the two bills have prompted strong protests. This was because they included provisions that promoted censorship on the Internet, since they allowed the blocking of websites and services with a simple complaint and without trial.

Today, they say, mass surveillance is the biggest threat to free internet and, more generally, to free societies. "If he lived, Aaron would be at the forefront of these practices that undermine our right to communicate as free human beings," David Segal of Demand Progress, whose co-founder was 35's longtime activist, notes in a press release.

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