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Reddit, Tumblr and others plan to protest NSA surveillance

By Ashe Schow

Published February 10, 2014 5:00am ET

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Reddit, Tumblr and others plan to protest NSA surveillance — Internet users hold a protest march in Dublin against the Stop Online Piracy Act and Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement legislation. (Press Association via AP Images) | Niall Carson

A coalition of organizations — including reddit, Tumblr and Mozilla — opposed to the National Security Agency’s spy programs will gather Tuesday to protest mass surveillance, calling the event “The Day We Fight Back.”

Feb. 11 was chosen as the protest day because one year ago Aaron Swartz, a co-creator of reddit who was instrumental in the campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act, committed suicide.

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