Write a letter to your members of Congress, urging them to support and pass the Global Online Freedom Act, H.R. 275, which prohibits U.S. companies like Yahoo!, Google, and Skype from disclosing the names and information of individuals utilizing their services to foreign governments such as China, a chief offender. The bill passed unanimously in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and now needs a push to move it through the House Energy and Commerce Committee and then bring it to a full House vote.

[Date]

[Address: find your Representative here]

Dear [Name],

I am writing to urge you to support the Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 (H.R. 275), and end American companies’ complicity in the suppression of free expression on the internet in China.

As you know, Yahoo! provided user information of at least four Chinese dissidents, including Shi Tao, which led to their imprisonment. Shi Tao is currently serving a ten-year sentence for “illegally divulging state secrets abroad” for publishing information on media control plans in advance of the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.  The Global Online Freedom Act will ensure American internet service providers do not assist regimes like China that suppress free expression on the internet and persecute cyber-dissidents.

As the Beijing Olympics approach, I urge you to take a stand for individuals living under governments that curtail their fundamental right to freedom of expression, and support the Global Online Freedom Act.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Sincerely,

[Your Name and Signature]