FISA expands?!

The US FISA surveillance program was supposed to be reformed to prevent abuse,

Instead, a new version of the bill being voted on this week dramatically EXPANDS government power to:

a) Force ANY business to aid in wiretapping, not just direct ISPs.  For example if you use WiFi at McDonalds, then they are required to log your data for government review.  Quote Wired: "The text could be interpreted to extend to “delivery personnel, cleaning contractors, and utility providers.”

b) Vague scope: "Americans’ emails, phone calls, and text messages—so long as one side of the communication is foreign"  As long as they think you MIGHT be talking to a non-American.

c) The goal is to stop foreign adversaries, but it ironically aids foreign IT companies.  Quote Wired: "many customers will “likely look to foreign competitors,” Miller says, companies whose technologies are viewed as less exposed to clandestine government requests."

Reach out to your Senate representative and tell them you don’t want your freedoms trampled!

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