{"id":764,"date":"2014-02-07T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/privacy\/?p=764"},"modified":"2014-02-07T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T22:06:04","slug":"fighting-back-against-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2014\/02\/07\/fighting-back-against-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Back Against Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expansive surveillance programs damage user trust, stifle innovation, and risk a divided Internet. They affect all Internet users around the world &#8211; and yet we still don&#8217;t know their full impact, even now.<\/p>\n<p>This coming Tuesday, February 11th, will mark <a href=\"https:\/\/thedaywefightback.org\/\">&#8220;The Day We Fight Back&#8221;<\/a> against mass surveillance. Mozilla is taking part in this campaign to help lead the world&#8217;s Internet citizenry in flexing a little muscle and delivering a message: It&#8217;s time to fix this.<\/p>\n<p>What will happen without reform? The Internet industry in the United States will feel perhaps the most harm, with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/james_staten\/13-08-14-the_cost_of_prism_will_be_larger_than_itif_projects\">potentially hundreds of billions of dollars lost<\/a>. Over time, expansive surveillance will produce immeasurable harm to the future of innovation and adoption, not just for the U.S. but for the entire world.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Day We Fight Back Eye-Hand Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/thedaywefightback.org\/img\/header.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/11\/stopwatching-us-mozilla-launches-massive-campaign-on-digital-surveillance\/\">launched<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/optin.stopwatching.us\/\">Stop Watching Us<\/a> to build a grassroots army on this issue. Now, eight months later, reform is beginning. The first round of commitments from the Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/privacy\/2014\/01\/17\/response-to-president-obamas-speech-on-surveillance\/\">was disappointing<\/a>. We need much more. Leaders in Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/197404-panel-nsa-powers-must-be-changed#ixzz2sSXNzXI6\">have made clear their intention to act<\/a>, and one of the goals of the Day We Fight Back is to organize support for their efforts, in particular through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/29\/the-freedom-act-will-help-rebuild-user-trust-in-the-internet\/\">USA Freedom Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join the fight &#8211; make your voice heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expansive surveillance programs damage user trust, stifle innovation, and risk a divided Internet. 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