Google endorses bill to drastically curb NSA surveillance

7:58 PM 02/11/2014

Giuseppe Macri

One of Silicon Valley’s biggest players publicly endorsed legislation that would dramatically overhaul National Security Agency surveillance programs during a global protest against mass surveillance Tuesday.

Google announced its support of the U.S.A. Freedom Act on its public policy blog. The bill, written by Patriot Act author and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner along with Vermont Democrat and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, changes Section 215 of the noted Bush-era legislation to prevent the NSA from using it to justify the bulk collection of American’s phone data.

The bill also limits Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrants to targets with direct ties to terrorism, and amends elements of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prevent warrantless wiretapping or searching through collected data without a court order.

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