Yesterday the italian Senate approved a modification to a "draft of law" (sorry, I can't translate it better), if this draft was actually approved by the Chamber it would <i>seriously</i> limit the freedom of expression here in Italy.<p>This modification basically states that on the internet (differently from the real life, where you can -- but maybe they are going to <i>fix</i> this as well, you know), you can't organize civil disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience) -- if you do so, on a website, blog, or whatever, they would be able to force the ISP to <i>filter</i> the access to the offending page (or website). The ISP would face a fine (50.000-250.000EUR) if they refuse to do so.<p>Do you know any organization I can submit this crap, so that it will be possible, for the whole world, to realize what's going on here?!<p>Source: http://www.senato.it/japp/bgt/showdoc/frame.jsp?tipodoc=Emend&leg=16&id=391198&idoggetto=413875 (in italian)
yeah, I was thinking EFF.<p>Might be a good idea as well to flesh out the issue in a blog post in a comprehensible and accessible way. Explaining the importance of the right to organize, why civil disobedience is important, et cetera.<p>Then spread it around the social news sites and get other bloggers to blog about it.
Thanks for the ups, I appreciate them. I will write something better and submit to wikileaks and/or the EFF. If anyone has some other suggestion I am all ears.