The US House of Representatives voted to extend the warrantless wiretap program known as Section 702 for two years, allowing the US government to collect communications of foreigners overseas, including those of US citizens. An amendment requiring a warrant failed to pass. Meanwhile, a group of lawmakers introduced the American Privacy Rights Act, aiming to establish the country's first nationwide privacy law.
After months of delays, the US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend a controversial warrantless wiretap program for two years. Known as Section 702 , the program authorizes the US government to collect the communications of foreigners overseas. But this collection also includes reams of communications from US citizens, which are stored for years and can later be warrantlessly accessed by the FBI , which has heavily abused the program.
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