Events

The Freedom Zone, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Nick Pickles, Big Brother Watch // Fraser Nelson, The Spectator // Dominic Raab MP // Sir Hugh Orde, President, Association of Chief Police Officers // Jim Killock, Open Rights Group

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To coincide with the Conservative Party conference we will be taking part in a rally for privacy and a protest against mass surveillance. Join us in Greengate Square at 11am on Sunday.

http://www.meetup.com/ORG-Manchester/events/141759552/

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Edward Snowden's revelations just keep on coming and mass Internet surveillance is now an undisputed fact. So what is the impact of this on democracy? How can an information economy thrive when online information might not be secure? And what can we all do about it? Come to see Tom Watson MP, Paul Johnson (Deputy Editor, The Guardian, Javier Ruiz (Open Rights Group) and Nick Pickles (Big Brother Watch) debate the impacts of web surveillance. Tuesday 24th Sept 17:15-19:00 Thistle Hotel Brighton, Kings Road - Renaissance South Room

http://www.meetup.com/ORG-Brighton/events/139844732/

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Tuesday at 8pm, with mumble testing from 7.30pm if you need it, to discuss helping with our censorship monitoring tech project

Meeting details:
Mumble server: help2.undo.it

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I hope lots of people can make it. Before the call please do look at and edit the wiki pages, that describe the initial thoughts about

i) Architecture
ii) Functionality 

Here's a suggested agenda for the meeting

1. Are we happy with the architecture and spec as a starting point?
- The ooni project is very much alpha - is this too much or a risk.?
- is the security model for the communication between the onnib and ooniprobe sufficient?
- should we work with the MySociety code base or not?
- What would be sensible phases?

2. Are four workstreams OK?
- Probes
- blocked.org.uk site
- middleware/oonib
- legal

3. Who can co-ordinate / work on each workstream?

4. Language selection etc.... (may well depend on 3)

5. Next steps and project timetable

Please let me have suggestions for other things that we need to discuses / agree on.

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Are you going to the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow? Come along to join the debate on freedom, civil liberties and surveillance.

Julian Huppert MP, Julian Borger - Guardian Diplomatic Editor, Jim Killock - Open Rights Group and Emma Carr - Big Brother Watch

Come to debate the future of freedom and civil liberties now that large scale Internet surveillance is public knowledge.

This event is only open to those with a pass to the Liberal Democrat conference.

Where - Crowne Plaza Hotel: Castle 1 Room
When - Monday 16th September 20.00-21.15

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What is PRISM? How does it affect UK citizens, businesses, NGOs, politicians and journalists? And how does it fit into UK and US law? Come along to Parliament on 27th June at 3PM to hear about PRISM and what it means for the UK.

http://www.meetup.com/ORG-London/events/125047162/

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Debate with Ian Murray MP and Marco Biagi MSP on the Snoopers' Charter, hosted by ORG Edinburgh

http://www.meetup.com/ORG-Edinburgh/events/114958252/

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"CDB: The Zombie Bill That Just Won't Die" plus "Reforming OSI For A World Of Clouds" Manchester

http://www.meetup.com/ORG-Manchester/events/121186352/

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Simon Phipps is President at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), the non-profit organisation that advocates for open source software, builds bridges between open source communities and maintains the canonical list of open source licenses. Currently an independent consultant on open source policy and practice, he was previously head of open source at Sun Microsystems, CSO of startup Forgerock and a founder of IBM’s Java business unit.

https://orgshef-13-06.eventbrite.co.uk

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Book your tickets for now ORGCon2013 now: limited discount early bird tickets available!

https://orgcon.openrightsgroup.org/2013/home

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