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Smashing Success: Thousands of ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Supporters Petition President to Veto CISPA, Get Full Page Ad in Politico

Robyn Greene,
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Washington Legislative Office
Kaitlyn Newman,
Campaigner,
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Action
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April 15, 2013

You did it! In the two months since Reps. Rogers (R-Mich.) and Ruppersberger (D-Md.) reintroduced their privacy-busting bill , 49,513 (and counting) ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û supporters signed one of our biggest petitions of all time, urging President Obama to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties and veto CISPA!

To make sure members of Congress hear your passionate plea as well, we've printed a full-page ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Action ad opposing CISPA in today's Politico – the go-to newspaper for the who's who of Capitol Hill! Hopefully, the president and your legislators caught a glimpse of the compelling graphic while they drank their morning coffee.

Click here to see the full ad.

But while we've done some amazing things together already, the fight to "Smash CISPA Before It Smashes Us" is far from over. The House is set to vote on CISPA as early as Wednesday, and after last week's secret House Intelligence Committee mark-up, CISPA remains a serious threat to your rights. Among other problems, CISPA still:

  • Allows companies to share your personal information, like your internet records and the content of your e-mails, with military agencies like the National Security Agency
  • Fails to require companies to strip your personally identifiable information before sharing it with the government or with each other

Can you and tell them to vote "No" on CISPA before it's too late?

(And if you haven't had a chance to sign our petition yet, you can still sign it here and share it with your friends).

While you're flooding the phone lines, our lobbyists and advocates here at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û will continue to make sure your voices are heard in other ways. We just sent this ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û letter directly to the House, and have joined forces with a powerful coalition of 34 groups urging members to vote "No" on CISPA.

From the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Washington Legislative Office and ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Action, thanks for making "Smash CISPA" such a smashing success!

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