Surprise! The Latest ‘Comprehensive’ US Privacy Bill Is Doomed
Dozens of civil rights organizations had been urging Democrats (some of whom had puzzlingly signed off on those changes) to sink the […]
Tag: Politics / Policy
Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
Last month, US president Joe Biden signed a surveillance bill enhancing the National Security Agency’s power to compel US businesses to wiretap […]
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
The ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign intelligence was […]
Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants
A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft among them—say its members are voicing […]
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least, could dramatically […]
House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program
A controversial US wiretap program days from expiration cleared a major hurdle on its way to being reauthorized. After months of delays, […]
Trump Loyalists Kill Vote on US Wiretap Program
For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US surveillance program, […]
Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
In the wake of 9/11, US president George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to eavesdrop on Americans without court-approved […]
A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders released a […]
Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
A bill introduced by senators Dick Durbin and Mike Lee to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program is the fifth introduced in […]