14 DAY TRIAL // Mozilla, alongside a long list of organizations, is taking a stance against mass government surveillance, like the one revealed in the PRISM leaks, for example.
The organization has launched StopWatching.US, a campaign to get the US Congress to question the executive branch about the apparent abuses of its powers.
StopWatching.US is a new website designed both as a place to have your voice heard and a place to get more information on just what the US government is doing, how legal it is, and how it's covering it up.
The movement enjoys broad support, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reddit, the American Civil Liberties Union, are members. In total, 86 organizations and companies are demanding swift action from the US Congress.
The organizations have cosigned a letter denouncing the NSA spy program and asking for something to be done about it.
"The groups call for a number of specific legal reforms, including reform to the controversial Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the 'business records' section which, through secret court orders, was misused to force Verizon to provide the NSA with detailed phone records of millions of customers," the EFF explains.
"The groups also call on Congress to reform the FISA Amendment Act, the unconstitutional law that allows, nearly without restriction, the government to conduct mass surveillance on American and international communications," it adds.
"The letter and petition also demand that Congress amend the state secrets privilege, the legal tool that has expanded over the last 10 years to prevent the government from being held accountable for domestic surveillance," it continues.
The movement is supported by plenty of organizations and companies, but it doesn't mean much without your support.
As the protests against SOPA and PIPA showed, politicians do sometimes listen to the people that elected them, if they talk loud enough. At the very least you can add your name to the letter that will be presented to the US Congress.