Amnesty International has joined a growing number of NGOs condemning internet censorship by regimes such as China and the multinational companies that provide their tools of repression. The irrepressible.info campaign launched today in The Observer newspaper calls for people to sign a pledge supporting the use of internet as "a force for political freedom, not repression."

It is excellent to have Amnesty supporting a global campaign that already includes Reporters Without Borders and the OpenNet Initiative. If you are reading this, you probably know about SFT's noluv4google.com campaign already. What is interesting about the internet freedom movement is how different campaign groups can work towards the same goals from loads of different angles. SFT's grassroots approach and iternational network meant that it could respond with a demonstration on the ground at google HQ in California within hours of the launch of google's censored site google.cn in a way that other NGOs couldn't do. Sure, give AI two quid a month, but for me its all about being an active member of the SFT network, and campaigning in the streets.

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