Tell Congress: Absent Major Changes, 702 Should Not be Renewed
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We all deserve privacy in our communications, and part of that is trusting that the government will only access them within the limits of the law. But it's now clear that the government hasn’t respected any limits on the intelligence community or law enforcement. When it comes to Section 702, a law that continues to allow spying on Americans, they've ignored our rights. This December, Section 702 is set to expire, and the current administration will try everything in their power to renew it. We think it’s time for 702 to end entirely and that any future programs must start from scratch in order to protect the privacy of digital communications. EFF will continue to fight to make sure that any bill that does renew Section 702 closes the government’s warrantless access to U.S. communications, minimizes the amount of data collected, and increases transparency. Anything less than that would signal a continued indifference, or contempt, to our right to privacy. Tell Congress it’s time they protect our privacy!

This law allows the NSA to “accidentally” collect american communication and the FBI to access the “incidental” communication without a warrant.

It is set to expire in December 2023 and will likely be renewed if there isn’t much public pressure.

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And against everyone else, too by the way…

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