Yay! / Not-So-Yay

First of all, I would be a bad little liberal LJer if I did not point to the icon *points to icon* and encourage my fellow LJers to visit irrepressible.info to find out about Amnesty International's campaign to protect human rights and free speech on the Internet.

Did you know that people have been imprisoned in some countries for expressing peaceful views in email, chatrooms, and blogs that were contrary to what their leaders wanted us to hear?

Did you know that corporations as large as Microsoft and Yahoo! have assisted in some nations' efforts to censor content on the Internet and bring about charges against those who dare to speak freely?

juno_magic has created the icon (available here) and suggested using it on posts and comments until November 2nd to spread the word about this campaign.

For those interested in reading more, Amnesty International also has a press release about the campaign.

( The Blather about Dawn's Daily Life Goes under the Cut )