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Time is running out for Section 702, which lets U.S. intelligence demand data from Big Tech
The controversial surveillance program, which has been used to spy on Americans as well as foreigners, will expire soon without reauthorization.
Section 702 had nothing to do with this episode, but never mind: Trump posted “Kill FISA” on his Truth Social platform hours before yesterday’s vote, which may have helped 19 Republican representatives decide to go against Johnson. Elizabeth Goitein, a codirector of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said on X that the bill failed not because of Trump, but because of Johnson’s decision to “block reforms demanded by members and by the American people.” An Illinois jury yesterday found that Amazon’s cloud arm violated the patent rights of storage tech firm Kove and therefore owes it $525 million, Reuters reports.
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