N things you can do today to fight bad internet bills across the world

Last updated July 4, adding Canada for Canada Day! If you've got suggestions for additional actions in these or other locations, please leave them as a comment.

If you're in the EU

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

fightchatcontrol.eu has a contact tool here to contact your MEP and ask them to vote NO on the "Chat Control" mass surveillance proposal would hreatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security of everybody in the EU by legalizing scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos.The European Parliament voted against extending the mass surveillance in April, but it's back on the table and a vote might happen soon, so it's important to take action. See Patrick Bryer's “Double Threat” to Private Communications: Undemocratic Chat Control Backroom Deals and Imminent Concessions Spark Relaunch of fightchatcontrol.eu and the update in Heise's Partial victory with a catch: EU Parliament temporarily defies chat control in for more on the situation.

If you're in Canada

Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22

OpenMedia's Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22! has a contact tool and a lot of background on this sweeping surveillance proposal that would force collection of vast quantities of Canadians’ private data, on every digital service and device they use. The open letter from Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and a broad coalition of civil society groups has more detail. The Liberal government is in the last stage of trying to jam Bill C-22 through the House so now is a crucial time to push back.

If you're in the US

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

Contact your Senators and tell them to say NO to bad interenet bills that surveil and censor the net. badinternetbills.com , from Fight for the Future, makes it easy to contact Congress and 5Calls also has a good action page . Or you can just contact your legislators offices directly via the US Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3124, calling their offices directly, or using their web contact form . It doesn't have to be fancy, just make sure it includes a specific ask like "Please vote NO on KOSA, the KIDS Act, and other bad internet bills that would censor and surveill the net" -- although if you want go into more detail on why these bills are harmful to you and their other constituents, that's even better.

And once you've contacted your Senators, there are a lot more actions you can take. Check out our page on N things you can do today to fight bad internet bills in the US !