Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance
Write op-ed pieces or letters to the editor of your local newspaper. Find out about any pending legislation that infringes on your privacy, affords greater power to corporations, or calls for increased accountability, and then contact your elected official and let them know your thoughts on the matter.
Posted in Policy Threats
If you don’t want to take to the streets in protest, consider supporting the work of the many fine advocacy, legal, or activist organizations working to counter the surveillance state. Here’s a list of just a few groups dedicated to protecting our privacy and constitutional rights.
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
www.commercialfreechildhood.org
Center for Democracy & Technology
www.cdt.org
Center for Digital Democracy
Democraticmedia.org
Center for National Security Studies
www.cnss.org
Consumer Watchdog
Consumerwatchdog.org
Electronic Privacy Information Center
www.epic.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation
www.eff.org
First Amendment Center
www.firstamendmentcenter.org
Freedom of the Press Foundation
pressfreedomfoundation.org
National Lawyers Guild
www.nlg.org
Patient Privacy Rights
Patientprivacyrights.org
People’s Law Office
peopleslawoffice.com
Privacy International
www.privacyinternational.org
Tech Freedom
techfreedom.org