Anger over rushed bill leads to online lobbying effort

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Wed, 03/17/2010 - 06:32

38Degrees site becomes focus for demands that MPs consider unpopular bill more carefully

The rushed process of getting the digital economy bill through Parliament – it had its first reading in the Commons on Tuesday night, having just had its third (and final) reading in the Lords on Monday night – has prompted an angry groundswell of people using 38Degrees to lobby their MPs to block it.

The newly-created page on the 38Degrees site lets people find...


 

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