In connection with the parliament debate on the Swedish FRA legislation Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge and a cadre of other Swedish bloggers staged a live blogging session from the parliament building yesterday. To their surprise upon arriving there, computers in hand, they were not allowed into the actual parliament hall with live connections outside, so the blogging was done while watching a tv screen in the parliament library.

This has got to be one of the most thrilling forms of civil rights activism I have ever seen. Rick Falkvinge writes (unfortunately all in Swedish) masterfully about a subject he’s very passionate about and was able to give people a real sense of being there yesterday. He leaves no room for doubt as to his position on the subject of course, nor should he, and the impact the Swedish bloggers have had on the FRA-discussion is simply astounding, with several of the parliament officials mentioning the blog pressure in their speeches. There was even a little “I hear there’s a rumor on the internets”-moment from politician Anders Karlsson (translated):

> “.. everyone who has blogged to us ..”

The legislation is currently being slightly rewritten and might be pushed through to a vote today. Civil Rights Cyber Activist