ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to veto the PATRIOT Act, April 5.
ACTION ALERT: Meet with members of Congress about the PATRIOT Act, April 18-May 1
Twazzup did a custom Twitter backchannel for Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference back in June 2009, and soon after that became the best way to follow the #iranelection protests. Later that year they were kind enough to set up getfisaright.twazzup.com and at least for me it remains the best way to follow the Patriot Act action on Twitter.
The buttons aren’t just refrigerator art, they let you see what words and hashtags are the most common … #p2 and #tcot are arch rivals (the biggest progressive and conservative hashtags) and unusually enough they’re in agreement right now: we are sick of Washington trying to sneak the Patriot Act extension past us rather than having a proper debate.
The “Most Popular Links” and “Popular Tweets” sections make it easy to see at a glance what’s going on — and you can click to translate foreign tweets into English. There’s also a useful (and pretty!) “community” section.
You don’t have to have a Twitter account to use Twazzup. If you want to join in the conversation, though, our If you’re new to Twitter page has some suggestions.
Please join us!
jon | 10-Feb-11 at 11:52 am | Permalink
Here’s what the hashtag looks like now …
And here’s this morning’s the #patriotact daily, via paper.li:
Liminal states :: Patriot house alert breaks heads | 10-Feb-11 at 12:00 pm | Permalink
[…] from Twazzup’s Patriot Act page as the House prepares to vote again on the Patriot Act […]
PATRIOT Act Update: After a successful call-in day, the focus shifts to Congress « Get FISA Right | 11-Apr-11 at 12:02 pm | Permalink
[…] back for updates — for me, Twitter is the easiest way to stay informed; or sign up with any of the organizations involved to be on their mailing lists. Speaking of […]
Liminal states :: PATRIOT Act Update: After a successful call-in day, the focus shifts to Congress | 11-Apr-11 at 12:40 pm | Permalink
[…] back for updates — for me, Twitter is the easiest way to stay informed; or sign up with any of the organizations involved to be on their mailing lists. Speaking of […]