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FYI
for anybody who happens be in Berlin today, (Saturday September 22) you may
want to join the protest against government efforts to retain and network
personal telecommunications data. Under the motto "Liberty instead of Fear"
(Freiheit statt Angst) the protest organisers (the German Working Group on
Data Retention) also hope to illustrate the growing problematic of 'data
abuse' and legitimate concerns about the erosion of basic democratic and
constitutional rights to individual privacy and freedom of movement.
http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/125/116/lang,en/
"Protest march in Berlin on Saturday, 22 September at 2.30 pm
Civil rights groups are calling on citizens to join in a protest march
against excessive surveillance by businesses and governments. On 22
September 2007 concerned citizens will take to the streets, the motto being
"Liberty instead of fear - Stop the surveillance mania!". We will meet at
Pariser Platz (Brandenburger Tor) at 2.30 pm."
After the march, the German Pirate Party (
www.pirantenpartei.de) will be
celebrating its 1st anniversary, and invites anybody interested in their
activities, which include securing privacy and data protection, government
transparency, open access and non-commercial use and reproduction of
digital material:
"Piratenpartei Birthday Celebration and 'Freiheit statt Angst' Demo
Afterparty at C-Base Berlin beginning at 19.00"
with: djs alex, b1&doppel s (zwieback), pirat
location: C-Base, Rungestr. 20, Janowitzbr?cke, Berlin
http://www.c-base.org/
http://www.piratenpartei.de/
http://berlin.piratenpartei.de/
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