A controversial US surveillance program is up for renewal. Critics are speaking out.

  • Leader
    November 25, 2023 2:35 PM PST
    Too many innocent people caught in the web of this US surveillance act; Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

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    The program, outlined in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), was created in 2008. It was designed to expand the power of US agencies to collect electronic “foreign intelligence information,” whether about spies, terrorists, or cybercriminals abroad, and to do so without a warrant.


    This is the snafu ~


    Tech companies, in other words, are compelled to hand over communications records like phone calls, texts, and emails to US intelligence agencies including the FBI, CIA, and NSA. A lot of data about Americans who communicate with people internationally gets swept up in these searches. Critics say that is unconstitutional.