Good for them for standing their ground and not caving to pressure to sell.
Weird situation all around, as the ban really doesn't mean anything with over 200 days to appeal and no action taken to keep American people from using TikTok in the meantime.
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US #Spy Program
The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the #Section702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the #FBI to obtain a #warrant to access Americans’ information. #privacy#surveillance
. @JakeLaperruque “Despite a litany of abuse — improper snooping on protesters, lawmakers, thousands of campaign donors, and journalists — the House today wrote the FBI and intelligence agencies a blank check to keep misusing #FISA#section702
In addition to the key issue of U.S. person queries, the House passed several problematic amendments advanced by the House Intelligence Committee to actually expand#FISA#Section702#surveillance
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/
🚨 Major news for #Section702 & #surveillance reform – A bipartisan group of Senators has introduced the SAFE Act, a strong reform bill that would require a warrant to stop abuse of U.S. person queries, close the #DataBroker loophole, & make major improvements to the FISA Court
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.
“Any entity that you visit as a customer, that provides Wi-Fi service, could be required to let the government tap into its equipment, and pull out entire streams of communications.”
NEW: Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend #Section702 surveillance to people applying for green cards, asylum, and visas—subjecting some of their families inside the US to similar intrusions.
“People should be able to vacation, work, or study in the United States without opening up their private communications to US government scrutiny." - Liza Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
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: Neither Schumer nor Speaker Johnson are answering questions this morning regarding widespread rumors they plan to amend a "must pass" defense bill (#NDAA) in the final hour to extend a controversial surveillance program, #Section702.