A Compromise Bill on Domestic Surveillance Reform Aims to Do Just Enough to Shut Trump Up

Posted on AllSides March 12th, 2020
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privacy, domestic violence, US Congress, USA Freedom Act
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Privacy activists on the left and the right decry a limp set of proposed changes to the USA Freedom Act.

A lackluster compromise bill to reauthorize and reform federal surveillance powers has been released, and privacy rights activists on both the left and the right are speaking out against it.

At the end of the week, the USA Freedom Act will sunset if it's not renewed. Passed after Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was secretly using the Patriot Act to collect mass amounts of Americans' phone...

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