Apple , Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Yahoo! – and many, many others are preparing a protest movement against the law (Patriot Act) that allows mass digital surveillance, next May.
«Almost two years have passed since the first reports revealed the scope of surveillance and the mass collection from the United States,» the team wrote in an open letter [PDF] to President Obama, the leaders of Congress, regarding the head of the NSA and the US Department of Justice.
«Now is the time to undertake substantive legislative reforms for the country's surveillance programs that will maintain national security, while also preserving privacy protection, transparency and accountability.»
And, obviously, the prevention of future annoying titles like this and that which appears on the internet.
The team is naturally trying to push not only for altruistic reasons but also because global espionage, proven to harm their businesses.
Thus on May 31 of the current year, section 215 of the bill expires. Article 215 is the part of the anti‑terrorism law that the NSA uses to justify its espionage activities, specifically espionage and the collection of telephone metadata.
The team is pressing so that the authorities let Section 215 of the bill expire on June 1st, without renewing it. The team also reports that if they decide to renew the controversial bill, an independent third-party review should be required.
If the Patriot Act is renewed, there will be no way to limit the spying revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. What do you say, will they stop the NSA?
Source: secnews.gr
