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EFFector        Vol. 10, No. 02        Feb. 27, 1997       editor@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation        ISSN 1062-9424

An Open Letter to the Internet Community from Senator Burns

Upcoming Events

Quote of the Day

What YOU Can Do

Administrivia

 * See http://www.eff.org/hot.html or ftp.eff.org, /pub/Alerts/ for more

 information on current EFF activities and online activism alerts! *

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Subject: Pro-CODE Bill Announced Today:  Free Crypto From Cold-War Regs

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Below is a joint advisory from CDT, EFF and VTW about the re-introduction

of Sen. Conrad Burns's "Pro-CODE" encryption export deregulation bill. EFF

commends Burns and co-sponsors for continuing to raise this issue in

Congress, and for their opposition to the Administration's obsolete (and

unconstitutional) policies.

Though EFF does not *endorse* this legislation (principally because it

may perpetuate a policy of excluding the public from government

bill as an improvement over the status quo in almost all respects.

export of most encryption, and requiring reportage of an encryption

or redundant crime categories.

                     PRO-CODE BILL ANNOUNCED TODAY

    BILL WOULD LIBERATE ENCRYPTION FROM ANTIQUATED COLD-WAR REGULATIONS

                          February 27, 1997

      Please widely redistribute this document with this banner

                    intact until March 15, 1997

            From the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT),

              the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and

                 the Voters Telecommunication Watch (VTW)

________________________________________________________________________

CONTENTS

        The Latest News

        What You Can Do Now

        Background On Pro-CODE

        What's At Stake

        For More Information / Supporting Organizations

________________________________________________________________________

THE LATEST NEWS

Today, a bi-partisan group of seventeen United States Senators, led by

Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), introduced the "Promotion

of Commerce Online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act", a bill designed

to promote privacy and security on the Internet by relaxing government

controls on encryption technologies.

Encryption technologies are the locks and keys of the Information age

-- enabling individuals and businesses to protect sensitive information

as it is transmitted over the Internet. Pro-CODE aims to enable this by

using this technology.

A short summary of the bill and background on the encryption policy

________________________________________________________________________

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

   Members of Congress tend to hear from their constituents only when

   they do something constituents don't like.  Today however, several

   Senators have taken a stand on an issue of critical importance to

   Internet users.  It's crucial that we encourage them with phone

   calls of support.

   If you live in any of the states listed below, please take a moment

   to give these Senators a call.

   Allard (R-CO)     Ashcroft (R-MO)     Boxer (D-CA)     Brownback (R-KS)

   Burns (R-MT)      Craig (R-ID)        Dominici (R-NM)  Dorgan (D-ND)

   Faircloth (R-NC)  Grahms (R-MN)       Hutchison (R-TX) Inhoffe (R-OK)

   Kempthorne (R-ID) Leahy (D-VT)        Lott (R-MS)      Murray (D-WA)

   Nickles (R-OK)    Thomas (R-WY)       Wyden (D-OR)

   Please take a moment to give these Senators a call.

        You:Senator Mojo's office please!

        Sen:Hello, Senator Mojo's office!

        You:

SAY     I heard that the Senator introduced Pro-CODE to add more privacy

on

THIS->  the Internet.  Please thank the Senator for me and I support

        efforts to fix antiquated encryption export laws.  I live in 
        state>.


        Sen: Ok, thanks!



   If you were one of the thousands of people that have adopted their

   legislator at http://www.crypto.com/, you would have received a

   personalized letter telling you that your legislator announced his

   or her sponsorship of Pro-CODE today.


   These personalized letters contain all the phone numbers you need,

   and we'll send them to you any time your legislator takes any action

   that would have a significant impact on the net.


   The Adopt Your Legislator campaign is the most effective method of

   mobilizing grass-roots support available today.  Since late last

   year, VTW and CDT have been building a network of thousands of

   Internet users who are active and engaged in the fight for privacy

   and security on the Internet.


   By focusing our efforts on the constituents of specific legislators

   as well as on the net as a whole, we can ensure that members of

   Congress know that they have support within their district as well

   as throughout the Internet community.


   You can adopt your legislator at http://www.crypto.com/adopt/


________________________________________________________________________

BACKGROUND ON THE PRO-CODE BILL


The Promotion of Commerce Online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act is

last year (then S.1726).  Pro-CODE enjoyed broad bi-partisan support in

the Senate and was the subject of 3 hearings, including 2 which were

cybercast live on the Internet.


This year's Pro-CODE bill (no bill number yet available) is designed to

encourage the widespread availability of strong, easy-to-use encryption

technologies to protect privacy and security on the Internet.

Specifically, Pro-CODE would:


   products by relaxing export controls on encryption technologies that

   are already available on the mass market or in the public domain.

   This would include popular programs like Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

   and World Wide Web browsers like those made by Netscape and Microsoft.


   Current US encryption policy restricts export of encryption products

   with key-lengths of more than 40 bits.  A recent study by renowned

   cryptographers including Whit Diffie (one of the fathers of modern

   cryptography), Matt Blaze, and others concluded that 40 bits is

   "woefully inadequate" to protect personal and business communications.

   Over the last eighteen months, several examples of the weakness of

   40-bit encryption have been demonstrated by college students with

   spare personal computers.


   key-recovery encryption policies on the domestic market and limit the

   authority of the Secretary of Commerce to set standards for

   encryption products.


   other encryption technologies if products of similar strength are

   generally available outside the United States.


For more information on the Pro-CODE bill, background information on

efforts to pass encryption policy reform legislation last year, and

other materials please visit:


For more information, see the Encryption Policy Resource Page at


________________________________________________________________________

WHAT'S AT STAKE


Encryption technologies are the locks and keys of the Information age

-- enabling individuals and businesses to protect sensitive information

as it is transmitted over the Internet. As more and more individuals

and businesses come online, the need for strong, reliable, easy-to-use

encryption technologies has become a critical issue to the health and

viability of the Net.


Current US encryption policy, which limits the strength of encryption

the global market must either conform to US encryption export limits or

complicated alternative.


The export controls, which the NSA and FBI argue help to keep strong

encryption out of the hands of foreign adversaries, are having the

opposite effect. Strong encryption is available abroad, but because of

the export limits and the confusion created by nearly four years of

net" here in the US. Because of this policy problem, US companies are

now at a competitive disadvantage in the global marketplace.


All of us care about our national security, and no one wants to make it

any easier for criminals and terrorists to commit criminal acts. But we

must also recognize encryption technologies can also aid law

enforcement and protect national security by limiting the threat of

ndustrial espionage and foreign spying.

What's at stake in this debate is nothing less than the future of

commerce, education, and political discourse.


________________________________________________________________________

FOR MORE INFORMATION / SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS


This alert was brought to you by the Center for Democracy and

Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Voters

Telecommunications Watch.



There are many excellent resources online to get up to speed on the

crypto issue including the following WWW sites:


           http://www.crypto.com       http://www.privacy.org



 Jonah Seiger of CDT at jseiger@cdt.org or +1.202.637.9800

 Stanton McCandlish of EFF at mech@eff.org or  +1.415.436.9333

 Shabbir J. Safdar of VTW at shabbir@vtw.org or +1.917.978.8430 (beeper).


________________________________________________________________________

End alert


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From: Conrad Burns 

Subject: An Open Letter to the Internet Community from Senator Burns

--------------------------------------------------------------------


February 27, 1997


Today I am pleased to announce that I have reintroduced legislation to

the global information infrastructure and the need for strong privacy

and security protections on the Internet.   The "Promotion of Commerce

Online in the Digital Era (Pro-CODE) Act" would promote the growth of

electronic commerce, encourage the widespread availability of strong

cold war-era regulations limiting the export of encryption

technologies. The bill enjoys widespread support from both my

Republican and Democratic colleagues and was introduced with 20

cosponsors.


As a fellow Internet user, I am excited by the vast potential of the

Net to facilitate new forms of commerce and communication.  In order

for the Net to reach its potential as a trusted medium for personal

communications and proprietary business transactions however,

technologies.  Yet for years, the federal government has pursued an

encryption policy which has limited the availability of privacy and

cold.


Last year, the Pro-CODE bill (then S. 1726) received broad bipartisan

Lock, My Key," expressed their support for the bill in meetings

members of Congress in live interactive chat sessions.  Netizens also


Yet almost a year after Congress entered this critical Internet policy

unworkable approach to US Encryption policy.  In November of 1996, the

Administration announced yet another effort to reform US encryption

encryption programs only if they include government-approved

"key-recovery" mechanisms, has met with uniform criticism from

ndustry.

Current export controls are serving only to limit the availability of

nothing to keep strong encryption out of the hands of foreign

adversaries.


By relaxing encryption export controls, the Pro-CODE bill will reform

US encryption policy in a way that recognizes the realities of the

nformation revolution and the competitive global marketplace.

The Internet community has been instrumental in helping to educate my

colleagues in the Congress about the importance of encryption policy

this bill makes its way through the legislative process.


As the bill moves forward, I want to invite you to take advantage of

about the need for encryption policy reform.  You can find out more by

visiting my web page at http://www.senate.gov/~burns/.


Thank you for your support,


Conrad Burns

United States Senator



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Subject: Upcoming Events

------------------------


This schedule lists EFF events, and those we feel might be of interest to

our members.  EFF events (those sponsored by us or featuring an EFF speaker)

are marked with a "*" instead of a "-" after the date.  Simlarly, government

events (such as deadlines for comments on reports or testimony submission,

or conferences at which government representatives are speaking) are marked

ndicates a non-USA event.  If it's a foreign EFF event with govt. people,
t'll be "*!+" instead of "-".  You get the idea. To let us know about an
event, please send details to Dennis Derryberry, dennis@eff.org, with a


The latest version of the full EFF calendar is available from:


ftp: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/calendar.eff


See also our new Now-Up-to-Date HTML calendar at:




Mar. 1-

     2 - SEATTLE, WA - Community Space & Cyberspace: What's the 

	 Connection?; Will cyberspace destroy society by turning us all 

	 into high tech couch potatoes?  Or will it provide unprecented 

	 opportunities for community involvement? Conference's aim is to 

	 challenge some of the cyber-spacy hype and bring the discussion \

	 back to earth to the communities we live in; 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; 

	 University of Washington HUB; for more information: 

	 Doug Schuler, douglas@scn.org, 206.634.0752

	 URL: http://www.scn.org/tech/diac-97


Mar. 1-

     5 -  ACM97: The Next 50 Years of Computing; San Jose Convention 

	  Center, March 1-5, 1997; Registration information: 

	  URL: http://www.acm.org/acm97

	  tel: +1 800 342 6626		


Mar. 3 - SAN FRANCISCO - Virtual Activist Workshop; For four consecutive

	 Mondays, (March 3, 10, 17, and 24, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.) learn how

	 to make better use of the Internet for organizing, advocacy,

	 media outreach, building membership, education, and fund raising.

	 Participants should have some experience using a computer, but

	 previous online experience is not required; To register, phone

	 415-546-6491.  Cost is $95 for members of Media Alliance,

	 NetAction, and IGC; $125 for non-members; Media Alliance, 

	 814 MissionStreet, Suite 205; Activists and organizations interested 

	 in co-sponsoring Virtual Activist Workshops in communities

	 outside the San Francisco Bay Area should contact Audrie Krause

	 at NetAction, by phone: 415-775-8674, or by E-mail:

	 akrause@igc.org.


Mar. 4 - WASHINGTON, DC - Class on the Internet: Implications for Lesson

         Planning and Curriculum Development; sponsored by The George

         Washington University School of Engineering and Applied

         Science; 4-6 pm; Room 403 Marvin Center, 21st & H St. NW,

         Washington, DC Washington, D.C. 20006

         URL: http://www.cpi.seas.gwu.edu


Mar. 3-

     5 -  NEW YORK CITY - Consumer Online Services TV; Jupiter 

	  Communications conference featuring Steve Case of AOL and 

	  Steve Perlman of WebTV; for more information contact:

	  tel: +1 800 488 4345

	  URL: http://www.jup.com


Mar. 7 *! CDA unconstitutionaly Supreme Court case: govt. reply brief due.


Mar. 11-

     14 * 7th Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP97), San

          Francisco Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame, CA.

          The "cyberliberties" mega-event.  Speakers will include EFF

          staff counsel Mike Godwin, and many others. EFF's annual Pioneer

          Awards ceremony will be held at CFP97. Early registration is

          advised (registration will probably open in Jan., and reg. info

          will appear on the CFP site listed below).

          Email: cfpinfo@cfp.org.

          URL: http://www.cfp.org


Mar. 24 ! Deadline for reply comments on FCC inquiry into technological

          hurdles for Net growth

          URL: http://www.fcc.gov/isp.html


Apr. 1 + PARIS, FRANCE - 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMPUTATIONAL

	 SEMIOTICS; Paper submission deadline; conference to be held May

	 26-27, 1997; send four copies of an abstract (approximately 500

	 words) in english to:

         Irene Ludman - IWCS'97

         Pele Universitaire Leonard de Vinci

         92916 PARIS-LA DEFENSE-CEDEX, FRANCE

         Phone: (33) 01 41 16 73 05

         Fax : (33) 01 41 16 73 35

         Email : irene.ludmann@devinci.fr

         URL: http://www.devinci.fr/home/actua.htm


Apr. 1-

     2 - WASHINGTON, DC - Virtual Diplomacy: The Global Communications

         Revolution And International Conflict Management; Omni Shoreham

         Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, D.C.; an international

         conference to explore how information and communication

         technologies are affecting the sovereignty of nations and shaping

         global affairs; conference registration ranges from $75 for

         students to $150 for on-site registration;

         URL: http://www.usip.org/virtual_dipl.html

         E-mail: virtual_diplomacy@usip.org


Apr. 1-

     3 *- SAN FRANCISCO - Spring '97 VON Conference: "Telecommunications 

	  and Streaming Media on the Net";  This conference has three

	  major tracks: Net Broadcasting, Regulatory Issues and Internet

	  Telephony; featured speakers include EFF Board Member David

	  Farber and EFF Emeritus Board Member Rob Glaser; 

	  Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, CA

	  URL: http://www.pulver.com/von97


Apr. 7-   BONN, GERMANY - first Annual Conference of the G7 Project "A 

     9 +  Global Marketplace for SMEs"; conference aims to raise the 

	  interest of SMEs in the fast growing market of electronic

	  commerce and stimulate the debate in the industry and 

	  policy-making on electronic commerce. A series of major 

	  announcements, political as well as business related, are already 

	  projected for the event; for more information contact:

	  Ms Sandra Herms

	  D3 Group

	  Oxfordstr. 2

	  53111 Bonn, Germany

	  Tel: +49-228-9853888

	  Fax: +49-228-9853889

	  Email: g7@empirica.de

	  URL: http://www.g7ec.de/


Apr. 8-

     11 - FRACTAL 97: Fractals in the Natural & Applied Sciences 4th 

          International Working Conference; Denver Colorado.  Sponsored by

          IFIP; paper submissions due by Aug. 5, 1996.

          Contact: Miroslav Novak, +44 181 547 2000 (voice), 

                   +44 181 547 7562 or 7419 (fax)

          Email: novak@kingston.ac.uk   


Apr. 9-

     10 - WASHINGTON, DC - Networking '97: Exploring the Continued

	  Evolution of Internet Technology for Research and Education;

	  sponsored by CNI, CRA, Educom, & FARNET; Sheraton City Centre,

	  Washington, DC; registration cut-off date for both the

	  conference and the hotel is March 7; register via the Internet:

	  URL: http://www.educom.edu/web/nttf/net97.html

	  If you would like to register by mail but have not received the

	  brochure or if you need more information, contact Krystal

	  Bullers by email  or call 202-872-4200


Apr. 22-

     24 - CHICAGO, IL - DCI Internet Expo; the world's largest Internet,

          Web and email conference and exposition; comprehensive program

          will cover Web-enabled marketing, best practices for e-commerce

          and application development; San Jose Convention Center; also

          will be held February 18-20 at the San Jose Convention Center;

          email: ExpoReg@dciexpo.com

          URL: http://www.dciexpo.com


June 2-

     4  - American Society for Information Science 1997 Mid-Year Conference;  

          gathering will focus on privacy and security issues online; 

          Scottsdale Arizona; paper submissions due Nov. 1, 1996.

	  Contacts:

		Gregory B. Newby, Co-Chair GSLIS/UIUC

	  	 Tel: (217) 244-7365; Email: gbnewby@uiuc.edu

		Mark H. Needleman, Co chair UCOP

		 Tel: (510) 987-0530; Email: mhn@stubbs.ucop.edu

		Karla Petersen, Panel  Sessions

		 Tel: (312) 508-2657; Email: kpeter1@luc.edu

		Richard Hill, Executive Director, ASIS

		 Tel: (301) 495-0900; Email: rhill@cni.org

	  URL: http://www.asis.org


June 14-

     19 + CALGARY, CANADA

	  ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97--World Conference on Educational 

	  Multimedia and Hypermedia and World Conference on Educational 

	  Telecommunications are jointly held international conferences, 

	  organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing 

	  in Education (AACE). These annual conferences serve as multi-

	  disciplinary forums for the discussion and dissemination of 

	  information on the research, development, and applications on all 

	  topics related to multimedia/hypermedia and distance education.  

	  We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97 and submit proposals 

	  for papers, panels, roundtables, tutorials, workshops, 

	  demonstrations/posters, and SIG discussions. Proposals may be 

	  submitted in either hard copy (send 5 copies or fax 1 copy) 

	  or in electronic form.  Electronic proposals in the form of 

	  URL addresses or ASCII files (uncoded) are preferred.

	  Submission Deadline: Oct. 25, 1996; Send to:

	  Program Chairs

	  ED-MEDIA 97/AACE

	  P.O. Box 2966

	  Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA

	  E-mail: AACE@virginia.edu; Phone: 804-973-3987; Fax: 804-978-7449

	  URL: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia


June 19-

     20 - WASHINGTON, DC - CyberPayments '97

	  Conference will investigate issues of online commerce including

	  electronic cash and checks, credit cards, encryption systems 

	  and security products; Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC

	  For more information contact:

	  email: vinceiaboni@msn.com

	  tel: +1 216 464 2618 x228

	       +1 800 529 7375


June 20-

     21 + GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - International Symposium on Technology and 

	  Society 1997 (ISTAS'97): Technology and Society at a Time of 

	  Sweeping Change; University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland

	  ISTAS '97 aims to tackle questions of how advancements in 

	  technology are affecting the social and natural landscape;

	  ISTAS '97 Secretariat

	  Conference Services Department

	  The Institution of Electrical Engineers

	  Savoy Place

	  London WC2R 0BL

	  UK

	  Tel: + 44(0)171 344 5469/8425

	  Fax: +44 (0)171 240 8830

	  E-mail: ISTAS@iee.org.uk

	  URL: http://www.iee.org.uk/LSboard/Conf/call_for/istas97.htm


June 22-

     25 + TORONTO - GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE '97; given the vital role of

          knowledge in economic and social development, and the

          opportunities and challenges posed by new information

          and communication technologies, how can developing countries,

          and particularly the world's poor, access and harness knowledge

          for development, so as to promote empowerment, enable life-long

          learning, and reduce poverty?

          URL: http://www.bvx.ca/ict/gk97.htm

          Conference Secretariat

          The World Bank Economic Development Institute

          1818 H Street, NW, M7-075

          Washington, DC 20433 USA

          Tel: 202-473-6442

          Fax: 202-676-0858

          E-mail: GlobalKnowledge@worldbank.org

          Alain Brousseau

          Phone: (819) 997-6849

          Fax: (819) 953-6356

          E-mail: alain_brousseau@acdi-cida.gc.ca


July 13-

     17 - ACUTA 26th Annual Conference; Atlanta, Georgia.

          Contact: +1 606 278 3338 (voice)


Aug. 24 + NAGOYA, JAPAN - IJCAI-97 Workshop on AI in Digital Libraries: 

	  Moving From Chaos to (More) Order; Nagoya Congress Center, 

	  Nagoya, Japan;

          URL: http://www.dlib.com/people/innes/aiindl/cfp.html


Sep. 7 -

     11 + LANCASTER, UK - ECSCW'97, the Fifth European Conference on 

	  Computer Supported Cooperative Work; deadline for paper 

	  submissions is January 13, 1997; papers must contain an abstract 

	  of not more than 100 words and not exceed 16 pages in length; full 

	  formatting instructions are available from

	  http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/cseg/ecscw97/papers/

	  queries: ecscw97-papers@comp.lancs.ac.uk

	  for more information:

	  snail mail: ECSCW'97 Conference Office

		      Computing Department

		      Lancaster University

		      Lancaster  LA1 4YR  UK

	  URL: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/cseg/ecscw97/

	  email: ecscw97@comp.lancs.ac.uk


Sep. 12-

     14   SAN DIEGO - Association of Online Professionals Annual 

	  Conference; sysop trade association's yearly gathering to 

	  discuss issues of relevance to the industry

	  URL: http://www.aop.org/confrnc.html


Sep. 25-

     27 + PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA - RUFIS'97: Role of Universities in the

          Future Information Society; Czech Technical University, Prague,

          Czechoslovakia; to obtain a registration form, please, send an

          empty e-mail message to:

          rufis-call@mail.vc.cvut.cz

          Karel Kveton

          UNESCO International Centre for Scientific Computing

          Czech Technical University - Prague

          Computing Centre

          Zikova 4, 166 35 Prague 6

          Phone: + 42 2 2431 0369, fax: + 42 2 311 7529

          e-mail: kveton@vc.cvut.cz

          URL: http://www.cvut.cz/RUFIS97


Oct. 7-

     10 + BEIJING, CHINA - '97 China Database: Electronic Publications 

	  & Software Exhibition; Beijing International Convention Center

	  Contact: Mr. Cheng Bin and Ms. Hu Yongning

	  Beijing Evertrust Exposition Co. Ltd.

	  15 Fuxing Road, Beijing, China

	  Post code: 100038

	  Tel: +86-10-68514007

	  Fax: +86-10-68537092

	  URL: http: // www.sti.ac. cn/Exhibition/ invi.htm

	  E-mail: expo@istic.sti.ac.cn


Oct. 28-

     31 - EDUCOM '97; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

          Contact: +1 202 872 4200 (voice)

          Email: conf@educom.edu


Dec. 1  - Computer Security Day (started by Washington DC chapter of the

          Assoc. for Computing Machinery, to "draw attention to computer

          security during the holdiay season when it might otherwise become

          lax."   


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Subject: Quote of the Day

-------------------------


"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is

always a vice."

  - Thomas Paine


Find yourself wondering if your privacy and freedom of speech are safe 

the rush to make us secure from ourselves that our government 

Concerned that legislative efforts nominally to "protect children" will 

actually censor all communications down to only content suitable for 

the playground?  Alarmed by commercial and religious organizations abusing

the judicial and legislative processes to stifle satire, dissent and 

criticism?


Join EFF!   


Even if you don't live in the U.S., the anti-Internet hysteria will soon 

be visiting a legislative body near you.  If it hasn't already.



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Subject: What YOU Can Do

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* Keep and eye on your local legislature/parliament

All kinds of wacky censorious legislation is turning up at the US state 

and non-US national levels.  Don't let it sneak by you - or by the 

online activism community. Without locals on the look out, it's very 



* Inform your corporate government affairs person or staff counsel

f you have one. Keep them up to speed on developments you learn of,
and let your company's management know if you spot an issue that warrants

your company's involvement.



* Find out who your congresspersons are


Writing letters to, faxing, and phoning your representatives in Congress

s one very important strategy of activism, and an essential way of
making sure YOUR voice is heard on vital issues.


try contacting your local League of Women Voters, who maintain a great 

that matches Zip Codes to Congressional districts with about 85%

accuracy at:


Computer Currents Interactive has provided Congress contact info, sorted 

by who voted for and against the Communications Decency Act:

fortunately, been voted out of office.)



* Join EFF!


You *know* privacy, freedom of speech and ability to make your voice heard

n government are important. You have probably participated in our online
campaigns and forums.  Have you become a member of EFF yet?  The best way to

opinions heard.  EFF members are informed and are making a difference.  Join

EFF today!


For EFF membership info, send queries to membership@eff.org, or send any

message to info@eff.org for basic EFF info, and a membership form.


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