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EPIC Launches Campaign to Reform or Sunset FISA Section 702

Ahead of the potential sunset of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) at the end of 2023, EPIC has launched a campaign to significantly reform the sweeping surveillance authority or let it sunset.

• FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Call for Hearings on FISA Section 702, Broader Surveillance Reform

EPIC has joined a coalition of civil society organizations in writing a letter to the chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, as well as the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, urging them to hold hearings on the need to reform FISA Section 702 and other government surveillance authorities.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Reps. Jayapal, Davidson Call for Significant Reforms to FISA Section 702

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) issued a joint statement calling for significant reforms to FISA Section 702, cautioning that “programs operating under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and claims of inherent executive authority remain a threat to Americans’ constitutional right to privacy.”

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Rep. LaHood Says He Was Congressman Unlawfully Queried by FBI Under Section 702

At a House Intelligence Committee hearing today, Rep. Darin LaHood says the FBI unlawfully searched for information about him in databases of information collected under FISA Section 702.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case Challenging NSA Surveillance

The Supreme Court declined to hear Wikimedia v. NSA, Wikimedia’s challenge to the NSA’s mass surveillance of Internet communications under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which expires at the end of 2023.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Congressman Biggs Asks FBI to Provide Information on Latest FBI Section 702 Abuses

Rep. Biggs asked the FBI to provide information on several abuses highlighted in a recent government audit, including queries of Section 702 databases for the name of a U.S. congressman and a local political party.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Renews Call for FISA Section 702 Reform Following New Disclosures of Unlawful FBI Backdoor Searches

A newly released government audit revealed details about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s abuse of its access to foreign intelligence information collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Launches Blog Series on Reforming FISA Section 702

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC, Coalition Urge Reform of Section 702 of FISA

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC Urges PCLOB to Investigate the Use of Section 702 in Cybersecurity Investigations

• Fourth Amendment

• Intelligence Surveillance

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates