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<div id="magicdomid18" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">Hey</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> there</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">, </span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid20" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">I just </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">joined</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> something called the Internet Defense League </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">-- and I'm hoping you will, too</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">. I joined b</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">ecause it's important to stand up against the </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">powerful industries </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">that </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">are </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">tyring </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">hard to lock down the </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">net. Remember SOPA and PIPA? The people who wrote them are working on more bills to censor the internet, spy on users, chill innovation and generally wreak havoc with the web.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid148" class="ace-line" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">The Internet Blackout helped kill SOPA/PIPA with nothing more than w</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">ebsites and individuals working together to broadcast messages and actions</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">. T</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">he Internet Defense League </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">uses</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> the tactics of the Blackout, but</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> supercharged and ready to take on anything that corrupt congresspeople and big business can throw at us.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid24" style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.internetdefenseleague.org"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">Join me in </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">t</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">he League. Take your place in the fight for internet freedom.</span></a></div>
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<div id="magicdomid169" class="ace-line" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">The Internet Defense League</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> works like this: organizers and members </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">monitor C</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">ongress and industry for</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> threats </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">to internet freedom.</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> When there's a grave threat or unmissable opportunity, people use their</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> website</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">s</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">,</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">T</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">witter</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">, Facebook</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> or other social network accounts</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> to </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">display action messages</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> about the threat and </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">tools for</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> tak</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">ing</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> action. </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">When we rise up</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">together</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">, we'll be impossible to ignore.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid172" class="ace-line" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">With SOPA and PIPA, internet users found a new ability to take a stand together when our rights are at stake. Our powerful protest surprised everyone, especially the congresspeople and lobbyists who wrote the bills. We made them see the internet in a new light, but they still don't know what we're really capable of. The next time internet freedom is threatened, we will be able to use </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">t</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">he League to come out even stronger than we did last fall.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid30" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">The Internet Defense League </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">can be the strongest network</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> in the fight for internet freedom - but it will only work if large numbers of people get on board. It would be great to have you standing with us.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid32" style="text-align:left"><a href="http://www.internetdefenseleague.org"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">Click here to get started</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">.</span></a></div>
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<div id="magicdomid34" style="text-align:left"><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">There's more about future threats, targets, and The League on the site. </span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">I hope you'll join me.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid38"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">One last thing. The Internet Defense League depends on its members to donate to our efforts. Our tiny staff works behind the scene</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">s</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> to </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">launch</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj"> campaigns that defend the internet</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99">. Wi</span><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">ll you donate now to keep us fighting for internet freedom? </span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid40"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">Please consider donating by clicking here - it makes a difference.</span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99"> </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99 url"><a href="https://fftf.actionkit.com/donate/idl-donate/">https://fftf.actionkit.com/donate/idl-donate/</a></span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid42"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">Thank you!</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid45"><span class="author-g-ktq4orqaevbxs4uj">Learn more about Fight for the Future. </span><span class="author-g-b2hwx9f9vp8edk99 url"><a href="http://fightforthefuture.org/">http://fightforthefuture.org/</a></span></div>
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