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DESCRIPTION:What are you doing on July 4th at 11:00 A.M.?\nHow about going to UN Plaza 
 at Civic Center for 
 this:\n\nhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/restore-fourth-campaign-organizes-protests-against-unconstitutional-surveillance\n\nElectronic 
 Frontier Foundation\nDefending your rights in the digital world\n\nRestore 
 the Fourth Campaign Organizes Protests Against\nUnconstitutional 
 Surveillance\n\nThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, 
 houses, papers,\nand effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, 
 shall not be\nviolated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable 
 cause,\nsupported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing 
 the\nplace to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.\n\n- 
 Fourth Amendment, US Constitution\n\nThis Fourth of July, groups of 
 concerned individuals will be taking to\nthe streets in dozens of cities 
 across the United States in support of\nthe Fourth Amendment.  According to 
 the official website, Restore the\nFourth aims to end all forms of 
 unconstitutional surveillance of\ndigital communications by the United 
 States government. The campaign\ncalls particular attention to PRISM, a 
 recently-revealed project of\nthe National Security Agency that allows the 
 government broad access\nto the Internet traffic and other electronic 
 communications of many\nusers – including many Americans. The Restore the 
 Fourth movement has\nan active reddit community that is working 
 cooperatively to organize\nprotests across the country.\n\nThere are many 
 ways to protest unconstitutional surveillance –\nincluding signing onto 
 the Stop Watching Us site and calling your\nelected officials – but 
 physical protests can be particularly\neffective at demonstrating public 
 outrage. We’re glad to see the\nRestore the Fourth movement organizing 
 protests across the country\nagainst unlawful NSA spying, and we hope these 
 protests push elected\nofficials to respond to the American people’s 
 growing discontent with\ndragnet domestic surveillance.\n\nOn the officials 
 website, the Restore the Fourth movement asserts that\nthe National 
 Security Agency’s dragnet surveillance is an affront to\nthe public – 
 even if individuals have nothing in particular to hide.\nIt notes that, 
 "Privacy is not an admission of guilt...The average\nperson expects privacy 
 in many situations, including but not limited\nto using the bathroom, 
 writing a diary, or going on a date with a\nspouse. A reasonable 
 expectation of privacy exists in such situations\nbecause the events 
 occurring are personal, intimate, and not the\nbusiness of any other party, 
 government or otherwise." The site also\nquestions whether programs such as 
 PRISM are effective or even useful\nin stopping terrorist attacks, noting, 
 "there is little to no evidence\nof any terrorist attacks that have 
 directly been foiled as a result of\nPRISM."\n\nThe campaign is a 
 non-partisan, grassroots movement not directly\naffiliated with any 
 nonprofit. However, the campaign has committed to\nstanding with EFF and 
 the rest of the Stop Watching Us coalition in\ndemanding transparency and 
 meaningful reform to domestic surveillance\nprograms.\n\nEFF is sending a 
 representative to the San Francisco protest; please\nstop by Civic Center 
 at 11 AM on July 4th to pick up EFF stickers,\nhear us talk about the 
 issues with dragnet surveillance, and show your\nopposition to the NSA’s 
 unconstitutional spying program.\n\nCheck out the list of planned protests. 
  The site also lists several\nlocations where rallies have not yet been 
 organized. If there is no\nevent planned for your own city, you can set one 
 up and tell the\nRestore the Fourth organizers. And if you are planning a 
 protest,\ncheck out the Bill of Rights Defense Committee's guide to 
 protesting\nNSA surveillance.\n\nNumerous websites (including EFF) are 
 planning to show solidarity for\nthis grassroots movement by displaying the 
 Fourth Amendment on our\nhomepage on July 4th. We’ll have an embeddable 
 graphic available soon;\ncheck back in the next couple days.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/03/18739294.php
SUMMARY:Restore the Fourth Campaign Organizes Protests Against Unconstitutional Surveillance
LOCATION:UN Plaza Civic Center\nMarket St at 7th
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/07/03/18739294.php
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