Wenn US-Unternehmen mal wieder von EU-Datengrenzen und EU-Servern fantasieren, dann schickt ihnen doch den folgenden Link: »Jenseits der Grenzen: Überblick über das US-Geheimdienstrecht«. 👇
NEW: The odds of Speaker Johnson ramming a #Section702 reauthorization through tomorrow has diminished, sources say, but more than 80+ civil rights groups are warning lawmakers against it. So is FreedomWorks, who says they'll tag any conservative who supports it. // #NDAA#FISA
NEW: Senate plans to vote tomorrow on a #FISA provision that legal experts say will greatly expand a US wiretap program, forcing whole new categories of businesses to spy on Americans communicating with people overseas.
Critics on Capitol Hill are calling it the "Stasi provision"
This is the dynamic that prevented Pelosi and Schiff from getting the #FBI’s Patriot Act powers reauthorized a couple years ago, and instead this time it is #FISA and FBI’s warrantless backdoor searches of foreign intel for Americans’ info.
Dozens of prominent Asian American groups are asking United States lawmakers this morning to hold fast in the face of an anticipated campaign by congressional leaders to extend the Section 702 surveillance program by securing it, like a rider, to another “must pass” bill.
My latest: More than 60 groups advocating for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are pushing the US Congress to reform the #Section702 surveillance program as Senate leaders move to hastily renew it. // #FISA#Privacy#Surveillance
NEW: A new report by the House Intelligence Committee's Republican majority blasts the FBI for routinely violating rules governing #FISA's #Section702 surveillance program, adding it's time to rein the bureau in, and force it go to court to get warrants // #privacy#security#natsec
🕵️♂️ Data brokers are gearing up to fight privacy bills | @theverge
「 Data brokers appear to be wading into the fight, too. Relx, the United Kingdom-based parent company of data analytics firm LexisNexis, hired the lobbying firm Venable earlier this year as the amendment was being debated in the House, Politico’s Influence newsletter reported 」
The silent part out loud. Sign the petition. "A staffer at Turner’s closed door meeting told WIRED that when pictures of protestors were displayed in a slideshow, the message was: “Here are protesters outside of Chuck Schumer's house. We need to be able to use 702 to query these people.” #Section702#FISAhttps://act.demandprogress.org/sign/section-702-protestors/
technically, the extension is for four months, until April 2024. But the FISA court approves applications for a year, so any surveillance started in early 2024 will continue until 2025.
We all deserve privacy in our communications. Part of that is imposing limits upon the government’s ability to collect and access them. That’s why it’s critical to reform Section 702, the mass surveillance law that creates an end run around our constitutional rights and a back door for the government to query our...
[EFF] Tell the U.S. Senate: STOP RISAA, the FISA Mass Surveillance Expansion (act.eff.org)
We all deserve privacy in our communications. Part of that is imposing limits upon the government’s ability to collect and access them. That’s why it’s critical to reform Section 702, the mass surveillance law that creates an end run around our constitutional rights and a back door for the government to query our...