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[–] HLMenckenFan 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

An article about a federal surveillance bill pending in the House called the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act that, if it passes, will substantially expand the federal government's digital surveillance powers used to track digital communications unwarranted through its Section 702 database. Edward Snowden among other civil libertarians have criticized this measure as the biggest infringement on your privacy rights since the PATRIOT Act. Libertarians especially should be wary of this. This nakedly authoritarian bill should be strongly opposed and voted down. The future of freedom as we know depends on it.

[–] Anticorp 1 points 8 months ago

Aaaand, it passed.

[–] Oyster_Lust 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Obviously the bill is horrible, but does anyone think that the government will stop increasing its warrantless spying if the bill gets voted down?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It might if the legislatures that proposed it get voted down. I'm going to start voting against everyone who proposes anything like this from now on.