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Wikipedia filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of Internet communications, a sudden and striking challenge that comes nearly two years after Edward Snowden's disclosures first began.
"By tapping the backbone of the Internet, the NSA is straining the backbone of democracy," Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, wrote in a blog post on its website. "Wikipedia is founded on the freedoms of expression, inquiry, and information. By violating our users' privacy, the NSA is threatening the intellectual freedom that is central to people's ability to create and understand knowledge."
In a strongly worded op-ed also published Tuesday in The New York Times, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Tretikov argued that "pervasive surveillance" on its hundreds of millions of visitors has a chilling effect that "stifles freedom of expression and the free exchange of knowledge."
Wikipedia's lawsuit specifically claims that the NSA's use of Upstream exceeds the authority given to it under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which Congress amended in 2008.
Last month, a California District Court judge dismissed part of a suit that challenged Upstream by arguing he could not rule on the case due to national security concerns.
Last month, a California District Court judge dismissed part of a suit that challenged Upstream by arguing he could not rule on the case due to national security concerns.
originally posted by: MarioOnTheFly
a reply to: Anyafaj
Last month, a California District Court judge dismissed part of a suit that challenged Upstream by arguing he could not rule on the case due to national security concerns.
LOL...facepalm. what a joke...so in other words...they can not be sued...? due to national security...
Insert Nelson laugh.
Great system.
originally posted by: Watchfull
There aint no pockets deep enough to get a result, but good luck to them.
Peace
originally posted by: SubTruth
a reply to: Anyafaj
So a corrupt judge sighted national security concerns.........This is the country we live in and men like this are shameful.
Eventually the people will see this straight and many people are going to stand trial.