The Day We Fight Back
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The Day We Fight Back was a one-day global protest against mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA),[3][4] the UK GCHQ,[5][6][7] and the other Five Eyes partners involved in global surveillance.[6] The "digital protest" took place on February 11, 2014 with more than 6,000 participating websites,[3][4][8] which primarily took the form of webpage banner-advertisements that read, "Dear Internet, we're sick of complaining about the NSA. We want new laws that curtail online surveillance. Today we fight back."[9] Organizers hoped lawmakers would be made aware "that there's going to be ongoing public pressure until these reforms are instituted."[10]
The Day We Fight Back | |
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Part of Reactions to global surveillance disclosures | |
Date | February 11, 2014 |
Location | Online plus physical protests in various locals |
Caused by | Snowden leaks, Global surveillance |
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Methods | Website banners and various actions |
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Along with: Demand Progress, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, Free Press organization, Reddit, Mozilla, and Boing Boing. | |
Motto: The Day We Fight Back against mass surveillance thedaywefightback |
The protest was announced on January 10, 2014, by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Other early organizers included digital rights groups such as Fight for the Future, and Free Press, as well as social media website Reddit, Firefox producer Mozilla, collaborative blogging website Boing Boing, and populist advocacy group '"The Other 98%".[3][4]
According to the official website, the protest asked U.S. "legislators to oppose the FISA Improvements Act, support the USA Freedom Act, and enact protections for non-Americans."[11][12][needs update] Protest organizers said roughly 96,000 calls were placed to members of Congress and 555,000 "pro-privacy emails" were sent via the website.[13]