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FISA is going to be renewed as RISAA: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, which grants a lot more power to surveil people.
What you can do:
Use the Electronic Frontier Foundation's easy website for connecting you with your US State's Senator(s):
act.eff.org
More info from the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website on what to do and say:
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Before You Call
This action will guide you through calling your representatives. You will likely either talk to an office staff member or be asked to leave a message. You might be asked your name and/or your zip code or address, so, have those handy.
What to say
Hello, my name is _______ and I live at _____, and I am asking you to please vote NO on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act.
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You can look up phone numbers or website contact forms by searching by State:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1
Here is another website similar to the one from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for helping you to automatically contact your State Senator(s):
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-mass-warrantless-surveillance-reform-section-702
More background information:
cointelegraph.com
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NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored--such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc.
Currently, the NSA can force internet service providers such as Google and Verizon to hand over sensitive data concerning NSA targets.
However, Goitein claims that through an “innocuous change” to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider” in the FISA 702 bill, the U.S. government could go far beyond its current scope and force nearly every company and individual that provides any internet-related service to assist with NSA surveillance.
“That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide WiFi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices.”
Additionally, the people forced to hand over data would be unable to discuss the information provided due to hefty gag order penalties and conditions outlined in the bill, added Goitein.
The bill initially received heavy pushback from privacy-conscious Republicans but passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on April 13.
In her view, the amendment could even see service providers such as cleaners, plumbers, and IT service providers that have access to laptops and routers inside of people’s homes be forced to provide information and serve as “surrogate spies,” claimed Goitein.
Republican Congressperson Anna Paulina Luna, who voted against the bill in the House of Representatives, said Section 702 was an “irresponsible extension” of the NSA’s powers. Luna added that if government agencies wanted access to data, they must be forced to apply for a warrant.
The bill is slated for a vote on April 19 in the U.S. Senate.
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www.theguardian.com
Tue 16 Apr 2024
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The US isn’t just reauthorizing its surveillance laws – it’s vastly expanding them
A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of FISA would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, draconian degree
The US House of Representatives agreed to reauthorize a controversial spying law known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last Friday without any meaningful reforms, dashing hopes that Congress might finally put a stop to intelligence agencies’ warrantless surveillance of Americans’ emails, text messages, and phone calls.
The vote not only reauthorized the act, though; it also vastly expanded the surveillance that law enforcement can conduct. In a move that Senator Ron Wyden condemned as “terrifying,” the House also doubled down on a surveillance authority that has been used against American protesters, journalists, and political donors in a chilling assault on free speech.
The Turner-Himes amendment – so named for its champions Representatives Mike Turner and Jim Himes – would permit federal law enforcement to also force “any other service provider” with access to communications equipment to hand over data. That means anyone with access to a WiFi router, server or even phone – anyone from a landlord to a laundromat – could be required to help the government spy.
if it passes there, Joe Biden is likely to sign it. All Americans should be terrified by that prospect.
In arguing for the reauthorization of Section 702 late last year, Turner, chair of the House intelligence committee, shockingly suggested in a closed-door briefing that the law could be used to spy on Americans protesting against the war in Gaza.
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What you can do:
Use the Electronic Frontier Foundation's easy website for connecting you with your US State's Senator(s):
Tell the U.S. Senate: STOP RISAA, the FISA Mass Surveillance Expansion
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...
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Before You Call
This action will guide you through calling your representatives. You will likely either talk to an office staff member or be asked to leave a message. You might be asked your name and/or your zip code or address, so, have those handy.
What to say
Hello, my name is _______ and I live at _____, and I am asking you to please vote NO on the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act.
----------
You can look up phone numbers or website contact forms by searching by State:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1
Here is another website similar to the one from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for helping you to automatically contact your State Senator(s):
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-mass-warrantless-surveillance-reform-section-702
More background information:
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
The National Security Agency could be given expansive new surveillance powers under a proposed change to the FISA 702 bill — slated for a vote on April 19.
cointelegraph.com
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored--such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc.
Currently, the NSA can force internet service providers such as Google and Verizon to hand over sensitive data concerning NSA targets.
However, Goitein claims that through an “innocuous change” to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider” in the FISA 702 bill, the U.S. government could go far beyond its current scope and force nearly every company and individual that provides any internet-related service to assist with NSA surveillance.
“That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide WiFi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices.”
Additionally, the people forced to hand over data would be unable to discuss the information provided due to hefty gag order penalties and conditions outlined in the bill, added Goitein.
The bill initially received heavy pushback from privacy-conscious Republicans but passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on April 13.
In her view, the amendment could even see service providers such as cleaners, plumbers, and IT service providers that have access to laptops and routers inside of people’s homes be forced to provide information and serve as “surrogate spies,” claimed Goitein.
Republican Congressperson Anna Paulina Luna, who voted against the bill in the House of Representatives, said Section 702 was an “irresponsible extension” of the NSA’s powers. Luna added that if government agencies wanted access to data, they must be forced to apply for a warrant.
The bill is slated for a vote on April 19 in the U.S. Senate.
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The US isn’t just reauthorizing its surveillance laws – it’s vastly expanding them | Caitlin Vogus
A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of Fisa would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, draconian degree
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The US isn’t just reauthorizing its surveillance laws – it’s vastly expanding them
A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of FISA would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, draconian degree
The US House of Representatives agreed to reauthorize a controversial spying law known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last Friday without any meaningful reforms, dashing hopes that Congress might finally put a stop to intelligence agencies’ warrantless surveillance of Americans’ emails, text messages, and phone calls.
The vote not only reauthorized the act, though; it also vastly expanded the surveillance that law enforcement can conduct. In a move that Senator Ron Wyden condemned as “terrifying,” the House also doubled down on a surveillance authority that has been used against American protesters, journalists, and political donors in a chilling assault on free speech.
The Turner-Himes amendment – so named for its champions Representatives Mike Turner and Jim Himes – would permit federal law enforcement to also force “any other service provider” with access to communications equipment to hand over data. That means anyone with access to a WiFi router, server or even phone – anyone from a landlord to a laundromat – could be required to help the government spy.
if it passes there, Joe Biden is likely to sign it. All Americans should be terrified by that prospect.
In arguing for the reauthorization of Section 702 late last year, Turner, chair of the House intelligence committee, shockingly suggested in a closed-door briefing that the law could be used to spy on Americans protesting against the war in Gaza.
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