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Today privacy advocates are holding one of their biggest online actions so far with “The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance.” Thousands of websites will speak in one voice, displaying a banner encouraging visitors to fight back by posting...

Today privacy advocates are holding one of their biggest online actions so far with “The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance.” Thousands of websites will speak in one voice, displaying a banner encouraging visitors to fight back by posting memes and changing their social media avatars to reflect their demands, as well as contacting their members of Congress to push through surveillance reform legislation. 

Click here to watch the Democracy Now! interview with Rainey Reitman, activism director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

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“If Aaron Swartz were alive, he’d be on the front lines, fighting against a world in which governments observe, collect, and analyze our every digital action,” writes the organizers of The Day We Fight Back, calling for action on Feb. 11. 

Amy Goodman discusses Swartz’s case and a new film out about him in her weekly podcast.

His brother, Noah Swartz, tells her: “I think Aaron’s message that we can all take with us is that … we can see the change we want to see in the world by participating, rather than feeling helpless and useless.”

Source: SoundCloud / Democracy Now! Aaron Swartz The Day We Fight Back Internet podcast Amy Goodman