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In the UK we have a decent website for contacting one's MP: https://www.writetothem.com/about-us https://www.writetothem.com/about-us And it works! For petit
by Theodores 13y ago
In the UK we have a decent website for contacting one's MP:
https://www.writetothem.com/about-us https://www.writetothem.com/about-us
And it works!
For petitions to Number 10 we also have:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/
...and it works, as in you can sign something that will be totally ignored (eyes roll)!
So in every country we are duplicating effort. Hence I think the EFF need to think beyond the shores of that renegade British colony known as the USA. Maybe it is time for some open source system that can be rolled out to everywhere from The Hill to Burkina Faso.
Let's also be honest about those people in congress - do the current batch of revolving door military/corporate oldies that sit there really deserve to be taken seriously? Does anyone believe they understand concepts such as reasoned argument, being fair, the common good, progress, listening instead of speaking, telling the truth instead of lying? Even if they do appear genuinely for the good it can be just an act, as per that person you Americans have for 'President'.
So, to invite participation from the rest of the world and get some enthusiastic input from those that think that the current batch of congressmen are deserved of being Guantanamo-ed, the EFF should think bigger. They should link up with groups that have made progress internationally and work towards a tool for democracy that can work everywhere.
- dannyobrien 13y agoHi, I work at EFF on our international team. I was also one of the people who hacked on the anciente parent of writetothem.com, faxyourmp.com. Don't worry, we still stay in touch with the MySociety folks, who are all wonderful. It's a small circle of people doing the work on these tools, though now thanks to this post, it's larger by over 100 people now.
- ig1 13y agoWrite To Them is open source and is already being used in multiple countries: https://github.com/mysociety/writetothem https://github.com/mysociety/writetothem
- happyscrappy 13y agoThe EFF is already working in the UK to repeal their new censorship laws and to stop the UK government from jailing people for tweets.