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Ak HN: Active/rising political movements or orgs around digital rights?
I am sure I am not alone being unsettled about the growth of global surveillance capitalism and its outbound channels to e.g. state-level security agencies, coupled with recent global re-emergance of authoritarian nationalism and an overall concern of humanitarian rights in the coming decades.
What causes, movements or organizations are active or growing for someone who feels like they want to contribute time and/or money to do contribute with regards to this? The Pirate Party movement seems pretty much dead and some of its pioneers are now in the European Parliament or in national parliaments either as minorities, independents or converts - either way they seem to be dying. The stakes have grown since their days of glory, though.
There's EFF of course, but only seem active in a select few places (mostly US, and some EU, most notably Germany and UK).
For someone in a country where none of these are relevant, are there any other platforms to get organized with other activists/lobbyists/volunteers/etc?
- giantg2 6y agoI think this is highly specific to the country. If you want a good answer, I think you have to give us the country.
- jessehorne 6y agoIf there's not an org or movement in your area, then start one. If I were you, I'd look for organizations that are democratic and have a "branch" type of system. You could piggy back off those types of orgs and start your own branch, for example. If they're any good, then there's plenty of support and information for you if you want to go that route. I think the issue goes a bit deeper than surveillance and that could be one issue that is focused on by a much broader movement. I could give you some suggestions if I knew where you lived.
- forgotmysn 6y agoRestore the 4th is a good one for the US