If you’re in the UK, do us all a favour right now and stop whatever the hell your doing and pay some attention to this. Most likely, if you’re reading this, what you’re doing is online and after Tuesday it could be drastically limited or eliminated. You could in fact find yourself without an internet connection. Join us and the Open Rights Group and others in helping defeat the Digital Economy Bill, which is popular among no one save for overseas entertainment industry lobbyists. The Digital Economy Bill being pushed forward by Peter Mandelson is bad for real people and the real economy.

Open Rights Group: “On Tuesday, the Digital Economy Bill, with all its myriad problems, will be voted on its second reading – after the election has been declared. It will then be pushed through ‘wash-up’ – and become law without full scrutiny. There are only a few days left. Write to your MP, write again if you have already.”

Find out here what you can do right now:

What You Can Do Now

We have two more days to mobilise online opposition to the Digital Economy Bill. Here’s what you can do:

Send messages of opposition to your MP and candidates:

Find your MP and candidates with

http://tweetminster.co.uk/

Tweet the Ministers and shadows:

@stephenctimms Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010 #Labour

@Jeremy_Hunt Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010 #Conservatives

@DonFosterMP Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010 #LibDems

Tweet the PM and parties:

@UKLabour Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010 #Labour

@DowningStreet Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010 #Labour

@Conservatives Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010

@libdems Will you oppose the #DEBill being pushed through without debate and full scrutiny? #GE2010

And offer support to:

@tom_watson Thank you for your help on the #DEBill #GE2010

@ericjoyce Thank you for your help on the #DEBill #GE2010

@AVMitchellMP Thank you for your help on the #DEBill #GE2010

@BridgetFox Thank you for your help on the #DEBill #GE2010

@JulianHuppert Thank you for your help on the #DEBill #GE2010

And also

Write to your MP
Write to your local paper’s Letters Page

Suggest a question for the Prime Ministerial debates

Useful Links

Why you should care about the Digital Economy Bill
Briefing for media and politicians

Source: Open Rights Group