Meet Michael Froman


Don't Criminalize Our Internet

We now know the controversial international agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), threatens to criminalize your 
online activity including use of your favorite websites. A new chief negotiator named Michael Froman has just been announced. 
Will you send him a message at this pivotal moment before Big Media lobbyists get to him?

Take action!

“The Biggest Global Threat to the Internet”: That’s how legal experts describe the controversial international agreement 
known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).1

The TPP agreement threatens to criminalize use of your favorite websites—including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and your 
favourite blog—and even your online comments.2But you can stop it if you act now >>>

A man named Michael Froman has just been appointed as the new TPP chief negotiator. Froman now has a unique ability either to 
put this secretive, global Internet criminalization plan to an end – or to cement it into place for generations.

The question is: Who will Michael Froman hear from in his first week on the job? You, or the Big Media conglomerates that see 
the Internet as a threat?

Legal experts are now warning that under the TPP, normal online activities “could lead you to be cut off from the Internet, 
have your computer seized, be fined up to $150,000, or even land you in prison.”3

The binding agreement threatens to rewrite national laws around the world. This is happening fast – twelve countries are 
already on board.

If we can get enough people to join this international call, we’ll put our numbers directly on display at a TPP press 
conference for Michael Froman and all the media to see.

Will you *click here* to send a message to Michael Froman at this pivotal moment? We must speak up before Big Media lobbyists 
convince him to criminalize use of the Internet.

We know these public officials feel the heat when enough people speak out at once. Let’s make sure Michael Froman has no 
choice but to respect your privacy and free expression online.

We can do this,

Steve and Josh, on behalf of your OpenMedia team

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