Dear
friends,
Trump is forcing an internet provider to
turn over the personal details of 1.3 million people who
visited an anti-Trump website! From anywhere in the world!
But we have 2 days to stop him. This
could impact all of us -- over half of the world's websites
are hosted in the US. And Trump can do whatever he wants with
the data, like give it to dictator friends to help them crack
down on their own citizens.
Lawyers are taking him to
court, but they'll focus on the impact on Americans. The judge
can also consider the rights of non-US citizens and
if we
bring a court filing backed by a million people around the
world, arguing that our rights are at risk too, it could
have a huge impact on the case!
Add your name
urgently -- the hearing is on Thursday and Avaaz staff is
getting ready to file our brief to the court in front of the
media:
Click to stop Trump's Internet takeover This
kind of power would mean that Trump could demand the IP
addresses and behaviour of every visitor to Avaaz's website
too. Or Wikipedia or Youtube. Under US law, American citizens
would have protections for what he can do with their
information, but the rest of us would have nothing. It would
transform our free internet into a big brother state with
Trump at the helm.
We can't let it happen.
Thankfully, US law could stop him if the judge feels
like the threat to privacy outweighs Trump's "security"
concerns. And the fact that his first victims are visitors to
a website directly protesting his power is a mark in our
favour.
But the argument is even stronger if we can show
the danger this power holds for foreign website visitors who
have no protection under US law and could be jailed or
worse simply for signing a petition!
Let's add our
voices now, and make sure the judge knows that his decision
will affect the whole world!
Click to stop Trump's Internet takeover