[liberationtech] Fwd: UK Jobs And Collaboration: Local Data Lab + Curious Fact About White House Petitions

[Cecilia Tanaka]

Hi, Bram!  :)

I've also received the message "You've successfully signed the petition
below. Your signature has been verified and counted.", but the petition
only shows 1 (one) signature.  Some friends of mine also signed the
petition, received the verification e-mail and  - tcharan! -  the same
wonderful message, but the petition did simply not receive more signatures
until the present moment.  WTF?  :P

Pretty bizarre, isn't it?  :P

Ceci
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:22 PM, Bram Wets <bram at privacytraining.org>
wrote:

> Hi Ceci and all,
>
> Like many, many others (6.829.512 and counting) I saw the video "Let's
> make the Netherlands second" and found it hilarious.
> I also tried to sign the petition.
> Same here... there was only one signature and after signing my signature
> did not get registered.
> I tried a second time, using a US IP address.
> After signing the site clearly stated "You've successfully signed the
> petition below. Your signature has been verified and counted."
> But still I don't see the counter move from '1 signed' to '2 signed'.
>
> Yes, the petition is jocose but it's also a political statement/reaction.
> Let's call all our friends to sign...
>
> As a Belgian it would be great to see the Netherlands be second ;-)
>
>
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> On 27/01/2017 14:39, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>
> Hi, dear all!  :D
>
> I think it can be interesting for some of us.  In this era of "alternative
> facts"  (Lieees, cof cof!),  the world does need more investigative
> journalism than ever.
>
> A fool real example.  Yesterday, just for fun and to give support to a
> Dutch friend, I signed this jocose petition for the White House using their
> own plataform:
>
> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/america-first-make
> -netherlands-second-because-they-requested-it
>
> https://youtu.be/j-xxis7hDOE
>
> I was, theoretically, the second person to sign it and I shared the
> petition with the Brazilian Hackerspaces General List, because it was a fun
> bonus in a public message inviting all the hackerspaces to celebrate
> the International Open Hackerspace Day 2017 together.
>
> My signature is NOT there.  My friends' signatures are NOT there.  I tried
> to sign the petition 4 (four) times since yesterday night, giving some
> hours between a try and another, and my signature is still NOT there.
>
> It's a White House petition and I already signed some of these before.
> Usually, there is no time lapse and the signature is counted immediately.
> Will they need more than 13 hours to process it now?  Will my signature be
> in this petition someday?  :-/
>
> I know, it was a joke among hackerspaces, but first of all, it was a
> public petition and we do have the right of asking to "Netherlands be
> Second" and the White House can NOT censure us this way.  They did NOT
> remove the petition until now, so if the petition is there, what is the
> point about obstructing our support to it?
>
> I do really think Trump is pretty afraid Netherlands becomes First  (watch
> the video to understand the reference),  but I am afraid they try to block
> signatures in more relevant petitions about important subjects, like
> censure, freedom of expression, privacy and human rights in general.
>
> Tender kisses and hugs.  Take care all of you!  <3
>
> Ceci, a Brazilian fan of Netherlands...  You know, their walls are much
> better, hahaha!!  ;D
>
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