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Writers call for a digital bill of rights

December 10, 2013

German author Ingo Schulze is one of 500 writers to have joined an international petition to the United Nations, calling for democratic rights in the digital age. They are Writers Against Mass Surveillance.

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Other writers who have signed the appeal, "A stand for democracy in the digital age," include Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, Günter Grass, Margaret Atwood, Will Self, Björk, David Malouf, Nick Cave, Don DeLillo, Nuruddin Farah, and Umberto Eco. They are going by the collective name Writers Against Mass Surveillance.

Ingo Schulze is talking to Zulfikar Abbany