Online Civil LIberties Activism Organizations List, Ver. 11.8 ============================================================= Outposts on the Electronic Frontier - international, national, regional & local groups supporting the online community's rights to privacy and intellectual freedom. PART 2 An ACTION/EFF FAQ by Stanton McCandlish Updated: Jan. 21, 1997 Archived at: http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/activ_groups.faq See also http://www.eff.org/pub/Activism/activ_resource.faq, the Online Activism Resources List. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Telecommunities Canada (TC) ["striving to provide support to all community networks throughout Canada." Founded Aug. 94. No other info handy as of yet.] General: Andre Laurendeau esq. , President Voice: +1 514 278 1664 (Andre Laurendeau) Snail: 1030 Beaubien e. #201, Montreal Canada H2S 1T4 France ------- * Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet (AUI) A.k.a. Internet Users Association of France. A non-goverment, nonprofit organization created in Feb. 1996, to represent the interests of French Internet users, in technical development and in educating abou what Internet is and what is means in terms of social and economic developments. AUI is also interested in issues such as large-scale customer dissatisfaction with local Net access providers, and mass-media hype and inaccurate negative publicity about the Net and Net users. Though not a civil liberties organization per se, AUI is involved against Net censorship, and is a member of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign. General: aui@aui.fr WWW: http://www.aui.fr/ * Electronic Frontiers France (EF-F, EF-France) A.k.a. Citoyens et Iternautes Tous Associes pour la Defense des Libertes (CITADEL, Citizens & Internauts Associated for the Defense of Liberties). A non-profit public interest organization to defend online civil liberties in France. General: bureau@citadeleff.org Admin: pforsans@in-net.inba.fr (Patrick Forsans, President) WWW: http://www.citadeleff.org Ireland, Republic of (Eire) ---------------------------- * Electronic Frontier Ireland (EFI, EF-Ireland) Electronic Frontier Ireland was formed in 1994 to promote digital communications and protect the rights of those using them. We aim to promote the use of the Internet and bulletin board systems, to help improve Irish communication structures, to clarify the laws surrounding computer usage, and to safeguard electronic privacy. General: efi@efi.ie Admin: antoin@eire.com (Antoin O Lachtnain) Mailing list subscriptions: efi-announce-requset@efi.ie, message body: "subscribe" (this is for the news & announcements list); efi-talk-request@efi.ie, message body: "subscribe" (discussion list) WWW: http://www.efi.ie Usenet: ie.announce (content from efi-announce list is crossposted here; not an exclusively EF-I newsgroup.) Snail: Charleston Ave. Dublin 6, Ireland Voice: +353 1 676 1483 (day), +353 1 497 8150 (eve.) Fax: +353 1 661 3932 Ireland, Northern ------------------ * [See UK/Great Britain, Regional/Local] Italy (Italia) --------------- * Associazione per la Liberta' nella Comunicazione Elettronica Interattiva (Association for Freedom in Electronic Interactive Communications; ALCEI) a.k.a. Electronic Frontiers Italy (EF-Italy, EF-I) ALCEI/EF-Italy is an association of people dedicated to affirm and protect constitutional rights for "electronic citizens" as new communications technologies emerge. ALCEI is focused on the safeguarding of freedom of expression and personal privacy for any person using electronic communication systems for personal, social, cultural, or professional activities. ALCEI was founded in Milan at the end of July 1994. ALCEI - EF Italy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Its activities are completely supported by membership and personal contributions; its board and other active members are volunteers and receive no compensation. General: alcei@alcei.sublink.org Membership: db-soci@alcei.sublink.org International: intlef@alcei.sublink.org Mailing list info: forum@alcei.sublink.org Chairman: Vittorio Orefice Sysadmin: Filippo Anello International: Giancarlo Livraghi Mailing list subscribe resquests: majordomo@inet.it, message body: "subscribe alcei" Automatic info download: majordomo@inet.it, message body: "get alcei readme.txt" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/EF-Italy/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/EF-Italy WWW: http://www.nexus.it/alcei http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/EF-Italy/ Snail: P.le De Agostini 8 Milano I-20146 Italy Voice: local (02) 4222384, international +39 2 4222384 Fax: local (02) 474407, international +39 2 474407 Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) --------------------------------- * Digitale Burgerbeweging Nederland (DB.NL) The Digital Citizens' Movement of the Netherlands (DB.NL) strives for digital democracy (civil liberties such as freedom of expression, protection of privacy, citizen's participation), and publicly useful applications of information and communications technology an accessible and user-friendly public digital network. De Digitale Burgerbeweging Nederland (DB.NL) ijvert voor Digitale democratie (burgerrechten zoals vrijheid van meningsuiting, bescherming van privacy, zeggenschap van burgers), maatschappelijk waardevolle toepassingen van informatie- en communicatietechnologie, en een toegankelijk en gebruiksvriendelijk digitaal publiek netwerk Info: db.nl@xs4all.nl General: Marcel Bullinga Martien Remijn Admin: Edwin Martin (WWW) Steve Dwyer (everything else) Mailing list subscribe requests: list@dds.nl, message body: "subscribe db-nl" FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/DB.NL/ (few files; most on WWW server) Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/DB.NL (few files; most on WWW server) WWW: http://www.xs4all.nl/~db.nl/ (in Dutch) http://www.xs4all.nl/~db.nl/english/ (in English) Snail: POB 18624 1001 WD Amsterdam Netherlands New Zealand ------------- * Network Society of New Zealand (NSNZ, NetSoc) NetSoc was formed in late 1994 in response to poorly-researched and biased journalism presenting a distorted picture of the Networks and highlighted negative aspects; and in response to the proposed "Technology and Crimes Reform Bill", a poorly drafted bill with the potential to almost cut New Zealand off from international computer (and phone) networks. These two main issues motivated many 'online' New Zealanders to form a society to protect and represent their interests and to try to ensure they had a say in the events that affect them. Membership is free and available to New Zealanders with email addresses. Info: info@netsoc.org.nz General: Lin Nah Simon Lyall Membership: member-request@netsoc.org.nz Mailing list subscriptions: listproc@netsoc.org.nz, message body of "subscribe netsoc-announce " FTP: netsoc.org.nz, /pub/ comu2.auckland.ac.nz, /pub/lin/netsoc/ WWW: http://netsoc.org.nz/ http://iconz.co.nz/nsnz/ ftp://netsoc.org.nz/pub/ ftp://comu2.auckland.ac.nz/pub/lin/netsoc/ Usenet: nz.org.net-society (gated to FidoNet, etc., as NZ.ORG.NETSOC) FidoNet: uucp @ 3:772/110, with 1st message body line of "To: member@netsoc.org.nz", 2nd line blank, 3rd+ lines your msg. Demi-Monde: uucp @ 199:310/1 (as FidoNet, above) PoofNet: uucp @ 77:100/75 (as FidoNet, above) SNOTNet: uucp @ 160:1313/69 (as FidoNet, above) VRNet: uucp @ 297:2010/105 (as FidoNet, above) PaintNet: uucp @ 300:2121/60.0 (as FidoNet, above) FidoNet (& other FTN) echomail conference: NZ.ORG.NETSOC (contact: Richard Vowles) BBS: Malleus Maleficarum, +64 9 638 2590 Voice: +64 9 373 7599, ex. 5078 (Richard Vowles) Fax: +64 9 373 7430 Snail: c/o Richard Vowles, MSIS Dept. University of Auckland PO Box 92019 Auckland, New Zealand Norway (Norge/Noreg) ---------------------- * Elektronisk Forpost Norge (Electronic Frontiers Norway - EFN) [simlar to EF-Ireland, EF-Australia, EF-Houston, EFF-Austin; longer entry expected shortly.] Mailing list subscriptions: listserv@efn.no, message body: "subscribe efn-l [Firstname] [Lastname] FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/EF-Norway/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/EF-Norway WWW: http://www.sn.no/~efn/ http://www.oslonett.no/home/flyen/ Scotland (Alba) ---------------- * [See UK/Great Britain, Regional/Local.] Spain (Espan~a) ---------------- * Fronteras Electronicas Espan~a (FrEE) a.k.a. Electronic Frontiers Spain (EFS) FrEE/EF-Spain is a non-government, non-profit assocation, allied with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA). Our main aims are: 1) to inform the Spanish-speaking community about the Internet and its potential for free exchange of ideas, and its social, economic, political, and cultural implications; 2) to be an active voice in developing a code of law for the electronic frontiers of Spain; 3) to raise awareness of and defend the the rights of the Spanish citizen against any government intrusion in the electronic media; and 4) by means of our connections with EFF and other electronic activists, to fight for freedom of expression for the entire global Internet. FrEE is funded by members and supporters, to develop and distribute newsletters, web sites and other publications; to appear at forums and other speaking engagments around the country in schools and universities, and social and cultural clubs; and to produce articles and informative interviews journals, television and other media, to help spread awareness of the issues at stake as the law and society begin to wrestle with new communications media. FrEE es una asociacion no gubernamental, sin animo de lucro y aliada con la EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation, de los Estados Unidos) que tiene por objetivos: 1) Informar al publico hispano-hablante de lo que es realmente Internet: las posibilidades que ofrece para la comunicacion libre de ideas y sus implicaciones sociales, politicas, economicas y culturales. 2) Ser una voz activa a la hora de desarollar una legislacion de las fronteras electronicas en Espan~a. 3) Informar y defender los derechos del ciudadano espan~ol ante cualquier intrusion gubernamental en los medios de comunicacion electronicos. 4) Gracias a nuestro contacto con organizaciones como la EFF promover la libertad de expresion en Internet. FrEE se financiara economicamente a partir de las contribuciones de socios y simpatizantes, para desarrollar boletines de noticias, correo electronico, desarrollo de web sites, campan~as de mailing, conferencias en institutos, universidades y centros culturales, articulos en revistas especializadas y cualquier medio de comunicacion que permita transmitir nuestras ideas. General: ilff3@cc.uab.es (David Casacuberta) WWW: http://www.lander.es/~jlmartin/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/EF-Spain FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/EF-Spain/ UK/Great Britain ----------------- * Campaign for Freedom of Information An organization working for public access to government information in the UK, including putting government info and parliamentary debates up on the Net. CFI does not yet have a WWW page or other online resources, but expect to very soon (as of Oct. 95). Snail: 88 Old Street EC1V 9AR London UK Voice: +44 171 253 2445 (0171 253 2445 in the UK) * CommUnity (Computer Communications Association) Formed in 1993, to repesent the interest of the UK online community. It was initally formed in response to the threat of BBS licencing posed by the ELSPA (European Leisure Software Publishers Association) and FAST (Federation Against Software Theft); and out of widespread concern over growing press and media misrepresentation of the comms-using community in the UK. To date CommUnity has: actively responded to a number of television documentaries and magazines misrepresenting computer-comms users as primarily software pirates and pornographers; Met with a key Member of Parliament to head off a proposed BBS licensing scheme; pro- duced a comprehensive report for a Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into computer pornography; lauched its own electronic magazine, CommUnicator. General: cca@community.org.uk community@arkham.demon.co.uk Jim Trash FidoNet 2:250/310 CompuServe 100016,251 <100016.251@compuserve.com> Newsletter: Mike Barnes Newsletter mailing list subscriptions: mail-server@nowster.demon.co.uk, message body: "SUBSCRIBE COMMUNICATOR " Chair: Oliver Clarke FidoNet: 2:250/150 WWW: http://www.community.org.uk http://www.demon.co.uk/community/ FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk, /pub/archives/community/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/CommUnity Usenet: uk.org.community (gated to FidoNet, et al. "COMMUNITY" echo) FidoNet/GTNet/WildNet/TheNet/NeST: COMMUNITY conference FidoNet netmail: 2:250/150 Snail: CommUnity Newsletter: CommUnicator 7 Primrose Rd. 13 Martin Rd. Halton, Leeds Ipswich, Suffolk KS15 7RS UK IP2 8BJ UK Voice: +44 532 606128 +44 01473 692975 Oliver Clarke, Chair: +44 161 761 3540 BBS: +44 71 738 5596/5557 (London - Arkham, FidoNet: 2:254/151, +44 161 762 4707 (Manchester - Pig Pen, FidoNet: 2:250/150) +44 532 605 876 (Leeds - Owl Service, FidoNet: 2:250/312) * Feminists Against Censorship (FAC) Feminists Against Censorship, a network of women based in London founded in 1989 to fight censorship from a feminist perspective, is not separatist and welcomes supporters of any sex. However, we were formed to counteract the lie being purveyed by anti-porn "feminists" that all women, and all feminists, support sexual censorship. FAC holds monthly business meetings in London for women, and tries to hold at least one major public event a year to which everyone is welcome. In 1994 we held one discussion/debate meeting, FAC ON TRIAL, in which female journalists came to grill FAC on our positions A FAC FAQ is available upon request. [See also FFFE.] General: Avedon Carol Snail: BM Box 207 London WC1N 3XX UK Voice: +1 181 552-4405 Fax: +1 181 548-1591 * Libertarian Alliance (LA) [No info available. Publications available via FTP & WWW. New pubs available via mailing list.] General: la@capital.demon.co.uk Mailing list subscription requests: la@capital.demon.co.uk FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk, /pub/doc/liberty/LA/ WWW: http://www.rahul.net/dehnbase/liberpub/lapo.html http://www.digiweb.com/igeldard/LA/ (under construction) http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/liberty/LA/ USA ---- * Advocates for Self-Government (ASG) The Advocates for Self-Government is a non-profit educational organization whose purpose is to present the freedom philosophy honestly and persuasively to opinion-makers so that they can encounter, evaluate, and when ready embrace the ideals of self-government. "Most people don't read economics books. They get their ideas from journalists, teachers, talk-show hosts, clergy, celebrities, and respected friends, family and acquaintances. Our specialty is improving the skills and tools of people who believe in the freedom philosophy so that they can reach these opinion leaders. This focus makes us unique in the freedom movement. We are not a political organization, a lobbying group, or a think tank. We provide you with the tools and methods to win people to the side of liberty. Ask for our catalog." Since its founding by Marshall Fritz, in 1985, the Advocates has supplied training materials to over 4,000 libertarians. ASG now sponsors local Advocate chapters. General: Paul Schmidt WWW: http://www.self-gov.org/ Snail: 3955 Pleasantdale Road, #106A Atlanta GA 30340 USA Voice: 1 800 932 1776 (US-only), +1 404 417 1304 * Alliance for Community Media (ACM) The Alliance for Community Media is a national, non-profit membership organization committed to assuring everyone's access to electronic media. The Alliance accomplishes this by disseminating public information, advancing a positive legislative and regulatory environment, building coalitions, and supporting local organizing. Founded in 1976, the Alliance represents the interests of over 950 public, educational and governmental ("PEG") access organizations and local origination cable services throughout the country. The Alliance also represents the interests of local religious, community, charitable and other organizations throughout the country who utilize PEG access channels and facilities to speak to their memberships and their larger communities. [Note: This ACM not to be confused with the Association for Computing Machinery.] General: Barry Forbes , Executive Director FTP: ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/AllianceCM/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org, 1/Groups/AllianceCM WWW: http://www.eff.org/pub/Groups/AllianceCM/ AOL: AllianceCM Snail: 666 11th St. NW, Suite 806 Washington DC 20001-4542 USA Voice: +1 202 393 2650 +1 202 292 2653 * American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) The premier US national civil liberties organization. Originally founded in 1920, the ACLU conducts extensive litigation on Constitutional issues including privacy, and free speech. The ACLU Washington office lobbies Congress for civil liberties and civil rights issues. ACLU has numerous chapters and affiliates in the US, and has inspired non-US Civil Liberties Unions as well. General: infoaclu@aclu.org acluil@aol.com (Illinois chapter) FTP: ftp.aclu.org ftp.pipeline.com, /aclu/ Gopher: gopher.aclu.org, port 6601 gopher.pipeline.com, 1/society/aclu WWW: http://www.aclu.org http://www.aclu-il.org (Illinois chapter) Telnet: prarienet.org, login: visitor (no password), enter "go aclu" bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us, login: visitor (no pw), enter "aclu" AOL: keyword ACLU (coming soon; in interim, keyword INTERNET, pick Gopher, then Legal Delphi: Internet SIG gopher, choose Legal. CIS: go ftp, enter aclu.org Voice: +1 202 544 1681 Snail: ACLU Washington Office 122 Maryland Ave. NE Washington DC 20002 USA * American Society for Information Science (ASIS) The American Society for Information Science (ASIS) is a nonprofit professional association organized for scientific, literary, and educational purposes and dedicated to the creation, organization, dissemination and application of knowledge concerning information and its transfer. Founded in the mid-1930's, ASIS has a history which stems from the earliest days of the modern era of documentation. ASIS counts among its membership some 4,000 information specialists from such fields as computer science, management, engineering, librarianship, chemistry, linguistics, and education. ASIS and its members are called upon to help determine new directions and standards for the development of information policies and practices. The mission of the American Society for Information Science is to advance information professionals and the field of information science. [This ASIS is not to be confused with the American Society for Industrial Security, a trade assoc. that works on commercial security issues, largely to the detriment of worker privacy.] General: asis@cni.org WWW: http://www.asis.org Voice: +1 301 495 0900 Fax: +1 301 495 0810 Snail: 8720 Georgia Avenue Suite 501 Silver Spring MD 20910 USA * Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE) ACE membership is diverse and represents private and govt. organizations and individuals who wish to promote interactive communications among federal, state, and local governments, private businesses, public libraries, and schools, rural cooperatives, public and private universities, community-based arts and theater groups, voluntary associations, job training services, and health care organizations. The members of ACE are particularly concerned that access and participation be made possible and convenient for Americans who do not own modem equipped computers. To support the development of interactive communications between governments and communities, ACE is recommending that all government agencies establish information access programs to help create and foster an "interactive citizen-government communications system." Many govt. agencies, from the White House to the NSF and the Dept. of Labor, are already participating in the ACE project. Unlike everything else on this list, ACE is actually a govt.-sponsored project. There are several ACE mailing lists: ACE-MG (general ACE info), CET-MG (Communities in Economic Transition), CET-NEWS (C.E.T. bulletins), etc. Basic info: info@ace.esusda.gov General: letters@ace.esusda.gov Mailing list subscriptions: almanac@ace.esusda.gov, message body: subscribe * Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) [Sponsors of the Feb. 8-12 1995 Conference on Information Technology: Expanding Frontiers; Anaheim, Calif. No other info at present.] Snail: 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Suite 820. Washington, DC 20005-3547 Voice: +1 202 347 7834 * Association of Online Professionals (AOP) AOP is a trade association for BBS SysOps (they probably also welcome ISP sysadmins, online software authors, and other related professionals.) AOP is a membership organization that exists to represent members; while they focus on economic/regulatory issues, they also take firm stances on Internet censorship and other relevant civil liberties issues. The professionals' equivalent of the more hobbyist-geared ABBSA. General: info@aop.org CompuServe: 70631,266 (70631.266@compuserve.com) WWW: http://www.wdn.com/aop Telnet: aop.org BBS: +1 703 264 1750 Snail: 7578-B Telegraph Rd., Ste. 635 Alexandria VA 22315 USA Voice: +1 703 924 9692 Fax: +1 703 924 9594 * The Cato Institute Founded in 1977, the Cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution. The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of more options that are consistent with the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government. The Cato Institute undertakes an extensive publications program dealing with the complete spectrum of policy issues. Books, monographs, and shorter studies are commissioned to examine the federal budget, Social Security, monetary policy, natural resource policy, military spending, regulation, NATO, international trade, and myriad other issues. Major policy conferences are held throughout the year, from which papers are published thrice yearly in the Cato Journal. In order to maintain an independent posture, the Cato Institute accepts no government funding. Contributions are received from foundations, corporations, and individuals, and other revenue is generated from the sale of publications. The Institute is a nonprofit, tax-exempt educational foundation. General: cato@cato.org FTP: ftp.cato.org, /pub/ (mostly just HTML files) WWW: http://www.cato.org/ ftp://ftp.cato.org/pub/ Snail: 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington DC 20001 USA Voice: +1 202 842 0200 Fax: +1 202 842 3490