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Over 138,000 of you worldwide have spoken out against the TPP’s global threat to Internet freedom.

That’s amazing and our voice is getting stronger – but as we gain momentum lobbyists are also ramping up the pressure for Internet censorship rules though closed-door meetings with our government representatives in Peru.

Over 138,000 of you worldwide have spoken out against this global threat to Internet freedom. Now, we’re taking the next step: putting your message in TPP decision-makers' hands. With your contribution to our campaign now, we can run an attention-grabbing ad in a major Washington newspaper to show them we’re serious and we won’t go away.

Our very own Steve Anderson took part in a Fair Deal launch press conference in New Zealand. We're building our own internet partnership, for Internet freedom.

Net neutrality is gaining prominence as an election issue in Germany, with online activists and politicians calling on major provider Deutsche Telekom to reverse a proposal to eliminate its flat-rate broadband service.

The U.S. government is proposing to expand wiretap design laws in order to intercept Internet audio and video chats.

Rodrigo Contreras, formerly Chile's chief negotiator for the TPP Agreement, is calling for greater vigilance around current proposals that could limit access to information available on the Internet

Thanks to our collective voices, the Fair Deal campaign is rapidly gaining steam.

New reports state that you’ve made Internet censorship a “challenging” issue for those behind the extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.1 In response, lobbyists and government representatives from a dozen countries are meeting in Peru at this very moment to “accelerate” the secretive process.2

We’ve got a plan. Our supporters recently told us3 we should build our own international Internet freedom partnership of citizens, civil society groups, and innovative businesses from around the world.

The 17th round of TPP negotiations start this week in Lima, Peru. The TPP is a secretive pact which will criminalize many everyday uses of the Internet. 

Former GOP staffer Derek Khanna lost his job for arguing that U.S. copyright law needs reform.

It looks like France could join Chile, the Netherlands, and Slovenia in enshrining net neutrality in national law; but France's proposed law may be toothless without penalties for companies who violate it

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