Vote on mass surveillance is imminent - end warrantless spying on Americans!
Petition to Congress:
We urge you to vote ‘NO’ on the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) unless the backdoor and data broker loopholes are closed. Warrantless surveillance of Americans is out of control. Oppose any attempts by the intelligence committee to expand FISA.
Reforming America’s system of mass surveillance does not split Congress along partisan lines. There’s support across the political spectrum for overhauling America’s spying powers — but Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to scuttle reform efforts, and he may have the power to do it.1
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is abused by the government to spy on Americans by collecting and searching through international communications without a warrant. In fact, he and the House Intelligence Committee are trying to stop anyone in Congress from even having the chance to vote on closing the data broker loophole (by requiring court orders before the agencies buy location information about us from data brokers).
Congress has a chance to end these abuses — with votes imminent on expanding or reforming 702. And we can’t let Mike Johnson stop these reforms.
Sign the petition: Don’t let Speaker Johnson stand in the way of legislation to rein in mass government surveillance in America!
The alliance of big foreign data brokers,2 spying agencies, and Speaker Johnson adds up to a crusade against privacy, and it must be stopped if the Fourth Amendment is going to survive in the digital age.
Because government agencies like the FBI and NSA, and even local law enforcement, use the data broker loophole to obtain our information without a warrant, buying troves of personal data from private companies. This system exposes our private data and allows companies like Elon Musk’s Twitter/X to profit off of the sale of our information.3
Elon Musk shouldn’t be profiting off of our data and government surveillance.
Votes to reform FISA could happen any day now, but Mike Johnson is trying to stop any reforms. We need to tell Congress to end this broken system of warrantless surveillance and protect the privacy of people in the United States.
Add your name: Congress must reject the extension of dangerous, unlawful spying under Section 702 of FISA.
Sources:
- Politico, “Playbook: GOP privacy hawks vs. GOP security hawks,” April 8, 2024.
- The Intercept, "Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance — While Profiting Off Government Surveillance,” March 25, 2024.
- Politico, “LexisNexis parent company lobbied up amid FISA fight,” April 4, 2024.