This directory will serve to collect, organize, and categorize links that are important for our watchers. It's purpose is to facilitate education pertaining to copyright, encryption, privacy, censorship, news, and the process by which legislation is passed, as well as to encourage civil engagement. Some links are duplicated on purpose. We love hearing comments and suggestions from our watchers and hope that you will contribute to this list by commenting below.

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Check out the Mass Surveillance article on Wikipedia to find out why surveillance and censorship are such a problem.
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The Juice Media | An entertaining take on news; satirizing the extremes, ending with a reasonable response.
ACLU | The American Civil Liberties Union lobbies and fights legal battles to uphold civil rights. It's also a good news source for the issues they tackle.
EFF | The Electron Frontier Foundation lobbies and fights legal battles for digital rights as well as displays up to date news about it.
Fight For The Future | FftF showcases many problems with the internet, copyright, privacy and other violations of digital rights.
Alternet | An alternative news site that tends to address matters from a more psychological and scientific perspective. If you like mainstream news, don't click.
TorrentFreak | May have some things a lot of people don't agree with but is nevertheless an excellent source of news for privacy, piracy, and copyright policy.

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The SSD Project | The EFF has produced The Surveillance Self Defense project to help people understand information security.
Hemlis | Future encrypted chat app for iOS and Android started by Peter Sunde, former TPB dev.
Crypto.is | Encouraging anonymity and encryption research, development, and use.
School Of Privacy | A place that actively answers questions, provides security solutions, and comments on current events.
PrivNote | allows for one time pads for note making and communications that self destruct and are encrypted on the servers.
The Tor Project | Popular darknet.
I2P | Another popular darknet.
Prism-Break | Index of excellent software that facilitates privacy and encryption (Will NOT opt you out of any form of surveillance).

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EFF - Privacy | The EFF section on Privacy leads to many topics related to the issue.
School Of Privacy | A place that actively answers questions, provides security solutions, and comments on current events.
VPNGate | A free VPN service that just opened up out of Japan with donated servers. (Not for high risk users)
Account Killer | Want to know how to delete your facebook, twitter, zoosk, or whatever account?
School Of Privacy | A great place for info on how to encrypt and stay private. Lots of info. Lurk here.
Prism-Break | Index of excellent software that facilitates privacy and encryption (Will NOT opt you out of any form of surveillance).


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EFF - Intellectual Property | The EFF section on Intellectual Property leads to many topics related to the issue.
EFF - Innovation | The EFF section on Inovation leads to many topics related to the issue.
Good Copy Bad Copy | A documentary about copyright law.
Some Recent Info | Congress Shouldn't Debate Copyright in a Reality-Free Zone
Fix Copyright | Support common sense copyright reform.

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EFF - Free Speech | The EFF section on Free Speech leads to many topics related to the issue.
EFF - Transparency | The EFF section on Transparency leads to many topics related to the issue.

- Government - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
EFF - Transparency | The EFF section on Transparency leads to many topics related to the issue.
Regulations.gov | Your voice in federal decision making.
GovTrack.gov | Easily tack the activities of the United States Congress. Displays bills and how they are progressing in an easy to understand way.
Scout | Get alerts when congress or your state capitol talks about issues you care about. Very robust. Here is how it works.
Participatory Politics | Building big (free & open-source) things. Encouraging civic engagement.
PopVox | Support or oppose bills in congress.
OpenCongess | Opening up government for civic engagement.
RaceTracker | Displays election data in an easy to understand way.
We The People | Create and participate in petitions to the white house. 100,000 signatures will get a response.
Politifact | Wanna find out if something a politician said is true? This site might be able to help.

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Change.org | Arguably the most popular petition site. Make an account, make your voice heard!
We The People | Create and participate in petitions to the white house. Only 100,000 signatures will get a response.

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HTTPS Everywhere | Encrypt your internet traffic. It's as easy and downloading a single addon for your browser.