{"id":1630,"date":"2015-04-09T13:09:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T13:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2015-04-09T13:09:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T13:09:54","slug":"internet-surveillance-strains-the-backbone-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1630","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance strains the \u2018backbone of democracy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/shuyuanmaryho.com\/?p=1630\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Wikimedia and other groups sued the U.S. National Security Agency on Tuesday and challenged one of its mass surveillance programs under the contention that the agency violates Americans\u2019 privacy. In addition, the groups argue that the program would actually have the adverse effect of making individuals worldwide less likely to share sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit was filed in a Maryland federal court and claims that the NSA is violating U.S. constitutional protections and the law by tapping into high-capacity cables, switches and routers that move Internet traffic through the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The case may become a potential front for privacy advocates who have challenged U.S. spying programs in the past. Privacy because a hotly contested issue in 2013, when documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the long reach of government surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>This particular case, Wikimedia Foundation, et al, v. National Security Agency, attacks \u201cupstream\u201d collection, which happens along high-capacity cables of the Internet and away from individual users. According to the lawsuit, bulk collection violates the constitution\u2019s First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and association, and the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy tapping the backbone of the Internet, the NSA is straining the backbone of democracy,\u201d Lila Tretikov, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statecolumn.com\/2015\/03\/wikimedia-insists-internet-surveillance-strains-backbone-of-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">More from the State Column by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikimedia and other groups sued the U.S. National Security Agency on Tuesday and challenged one of its mass surveillance programs under the contention that the agency violates Americans\u2019 privacy. 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