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Handing Trump 'Terrifying Authoritarian Surveillance Powers,' House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill

House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrive to a joint session of the U.S. Congress with U.S. President Donald Trump on February 28, 2017 in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Targeting PATRIOT Act Provision, Rights Groups Urge House Dems to Block NSA From Collecting Americans' Phone Records

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Protesters carried signs at a march against mass surveillance on Oct. 26, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: EFF/Flickr/cc)

"Mass surveillance is wrong and dangerous to our democracy."

Victory Over 'Civil Liberties Train Wreck' as Federal Judge Rules US Terror Watchlist Unconstitutional

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A Transportation Security Administration agent at a checkpoint verifying passenger identification in John Glenn Columbus International Airport. (Photo: Michael Ball/cc)

After years of abuse and secrecy, court's decision seen by rights advocates as very welcome but "long overdue"

'Fire Zuck' Projected onto Hotel as Facebook Shareholders Arrive for Annual Meeting

Julia Conley, staff writer

The internet freedom and civil rights group Fight for the Future projected the message "Fire Zuck" onto the side of the Hotel Nia in Palo Alto, Calif. on Wednesday night as Facebook shareholders arrived for the company's annual meeting. (Photo: Fight for the Future)

"Facebook has violated billions of people's basic rights, harvested and abused our data in nauseating ways, and shown reckless disregard for the human impact of its products."

Facebook's Hire of Patriot Act Co-Author Raises Questions on Company's Commitment to Privacy

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to "Put a Stake in the Heart" of NSA's Domestic Phone Spying

NSA Has Halted Mass Domestic Spying Program First Exposed by Snowden in 2013: GOP Aide

After Netflix Pulls Episode at Saudi Request, Comic Hasan Minhaj Urges Donations for Suffering Yemen

Progressives Outraged as House Democrats Elect 'Big Money' Centrist Hakeem Jeffries Over Barbara Lee for Caucus Chair

How Did She Win? With a 'Laser-Focused Message of Economic, Social, and Racial Dignity for Working-Class Americans,' Explains Ocasio-Cortez

'Hypocritical BS': Critics Slam Applause for 'War Criminal' George W. Bush

To Oust "Hawkish, Centrist" Feinstein, Progressives Push for Primary Challenge

Watergate-Era Intelligence Experts Call for Leniency for Snowden

ACLU Demands Secret Court Hand Over Crucial Rulings on Surveillance Law

Snowden Helped Reduce Surveillance and Strengthen Resistance: Report

US House Squashes Yet Another Attempt to Expand Patriot Act Powers

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