Congress Passes Non-Transparent 10-Day Extension on Controversial Section 702 Surveillance Powers

In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at a minimum, the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access to information collected under the mass spying program known as 702. 
A reauthorization with virtually no changes was defeated because a core group of lawmakers held strong; they know that people are hungry for real reform that protects the privacy of our communications. We now have a 10-day extension to continue to push Congress to pass a real reform bill.  
The Lawmakers rallied late Thursday night to reject a proposed amendment that made gestures at privacy protections, but it would not have improved on the status quo and would have reauthorized Section 702 for five more years to boot.  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702

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RE: mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116418016946498315 🚨🧵@SeanCasten is live-tooting about FISA section 702 "clean" reauthorization taking place RIGHT NOW (at midnight, bc of course it is 🙄). This is concerning and scary shit bc of the huge two items in particular that need fixing: the data broker loophole and backdoor, warrantless surveillance. Follow Casten for a more detailed explanation. This is important, y'all. #FISA #USpol #Privacy #DataPrivacy RE: mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/116418016946498315

https://www.europesays.com/people/31257/ Congress remains divided over Section 702 as FISA reauthorization stalls #Congress #HomelandSecurity #JohnThune #Politics #SenateElections #WhiteHouse

With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandal... #Government #& #Policy #Security #surveillance #fisa #cybersecurity #location #data #data #brokers Origin | Interest | Match

#^Senate extends surveillance powers until April 30 after chaotic votes in House Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire. #surveillance #privacy #security #Government_is_the_enemy

The Record: In defeat for Trump, House extends electronic spying program for just 10 days https://therecord.media/fisa--trump-congress-extension-surveillance @therecord_media #infosec #surveillance #spyware

Congress quietly reauthorized a surveillance program that spies on Americans no roll call, no accountability, just a voice vote at midnight. The Senate rubber-stamped the extension until April 30, buying themselves less than two weeks before they have to do this all over again. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-extends-controversial-surveillance-program-used-by-u-s-spy-agencies https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3mjplq5n46s2r - From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc 500+ char posts not resent Unaffiliated w/ AltNPS - #AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump

🇺🇸 "Law that has allowed U.S. intelligence agencies to collect... overseas communications without needing search warrants is set to expire" Here is a completely wild thought: instead of changing or renewing it, how about the #USA stops ignoring people's basic rights worldwide? 🤪 https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/with-us-spy-laws-set-to-expire-lawmakers-are-split-over-protecting-americans-from-warrantless-surveillance/ #News #Privacy #Surveillance #UnitedStates #Uspol #Politics #Law #Legal #Humanrights #US #America #Techcrunch #rights #surveillancestate #fbi #cia #nsa #data #internet #spy #agencies

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