CISPA & Facebook Spies from SAVE THE INTERNET / FREE PRESS 20APR12

MORE than one million e mails to Congress opposing cispa, that is impressive. The vote is next week, click the link to sign up for alerts so you can call your Representative once the vote schedule is announced.

Dear Craig, This week, more than a million people sent letters urging Congress to say "NO" to CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (HR 3523) — which could give the government unchecked power to spy on us online. Another 100,000 people tweeted this message to their member of Congress. The sponsors of the bill are feeling the pressure, but our work is far from over. Next week the House of Representatives will vote on CISPA. Once we find out the timing of the vote, we'll need to quickly generate thousands of calls to Congress to stop CISPA in its tracks. Can we count on you when the moment arrives? Here’s how you can help: Take the CISPA pledge. Click here to pledge to call your representative when the time comes. We’ll follow up as soon as we know more about the vote. Forward this email to 5 friends. Get them to take the CISPA pledge, too. Please take the pledge to make the call. We’ll be back in touch when it’s time to light up the phones. Thanks for helping to protect our right to communicate online. —Josh, Tessa, Tim and the Free Press Action Fund team. P.S. CISPA is the latest threat to Internet freedom, but it's far from the last. Donate $10 today to help the Free Press Action Fund fight for our online rights for the long haul.

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