Beware the ResistBot message asking Congress to reauthorize FISA "to protect us from surveillance overreach". That's exactly wrong!
If Congress reauthorizes FISA without reforms, that *extends* surveillance overreach!
Instead, we want to ask them to let it lapse unless it's reformed.
FISA Update: the fake "deadline" is approaching quickly
getfisaright.net/2026/06/08/f...
An overview of the situation from Get FISA Right. The "deadline" is June 12, so now's a good time to contact Congress!
And check out the Solidarity over Surveillance launch event next Wednesday (June 3) with @safiyanoble.bsky.social, @eltragon.bsky.social of @lataco.bsky.social, and @chadmarlow.bsky.social of @aclu.org discussing the urgency of fighting the surveillance state.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
So by all means please do contact Congress on FISA! Just with a different message: close the backdoor search loophole and data broker loophole!
Here's a form from @aclu.org action.aclu.org/send-message...
Here's a recent letter, signed by 80 civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy organizations (including @aclu.org @eff.org @cdt.org @freepress.bsky.social @demandprogress.bsky.social @fightforthefuture.org), describing the FISA reforms that are needed
cdt.org/insights/cdt...
One easy way to contact Congress about FISA is to call the US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-312. Here's a simple script ...
Or, you can use Indivisible's calling tool at indivisible.org/actions/tell...
NEW in Bolts: A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
Watch any sci-fi movie or read any dystopian novel and it’s the same story: An all-encompassing state brutalizes the masses by monitoring them nonstop and suppressing dissent. That’s the future we’re dangerously close to now. That's why we launched #SOS: www.solidarityoversurveillance.com
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus of Privacy
us02web.zoom.us
With Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”) set to expire on June 12, this week CDT joined a broad, bipartisan set of 80 civil society organizations in calling on Congre...
cdt.org
Throughout our nation’s history, government officials have spied on marginalized communities and created a surveillance network designed to criminalize people of color, immigrants and protesters — and...
Congress can fight back against egregious violations of our privacy by the government. Tell them to take action now.
action.aclu.org
A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
boltsmag.org
A multistate effort to protect our privacy and civil liberties
FISA Section 702 is going to lapse — and that’s a big deal (in a good way)
getfisaright.net/2026/06/11/f...
Get FISA Right has been fighting against Section 702 since 2008, before it was even enacted ... so even though the lapse is temporary, it's still really exciting!
Both chambers of Congress have left town, meaning that FISA Section 702 won’t be reauthorized by the June 12 “deadline”. Even though the lapse is likely to be temporary, it’…
“They don’t make any substantive effort to comply"
i confess it can be challenging to teach students that better (tech) things are possible when this is the outcome of tracking regulation 😬
calmatters.org/economy/tech...
Researchers found “industrial-scale non-compliance” among tech companies with a California law mandating online privacy controls.
