The President of USA, Donald Trump, announced on Friday that approved the bill to renew the National Security Agency's (NSA) online monitoring program, which marks a defeat for any defender of digital privacy.
"We just signed Bill 702 to renew the collection of foreign information," Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to US congressional legislation extending section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
In accordance with Reuters, the law was renewed for six years and with minimal changes to the National Security Agency's (NSA) program, which can now gather information from both foreigners and Americans by law.
The measure was easily passed by the US House of Representatives. last week despite the reactions of the entire online community.
Just signed 702 Bill to reauthorize foreign intelligence collection. This is NOT the same FISA law that was so wrongly abused during the election. I will always do the right thing for our country and put the safety of the American people first!
- Donald J. Trump (@ realDonaldTrump) January 19, 2018
In a tweet on Friday, Trump sought to clarify why he signed the bill, despite repeating an unsubstantiated claim that his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered the services intelligence to track Trump's 2016 campaign.
"I will always do the right thing for our country and put it first better safety of the American people!”
Without Trump's signature, paragraph 702 was set to expire on Friday, although intelligence officials had said the surveillance program could continue to work until April.
By law, the NSA is allowed to track huge amounts of digital communications from foreigners living outside the United States through US companies. such as Facebook Inc, Verizon Communications Inc and Google Alphabet Inc.
Of course, all those involved in legalizing the massive monitoring of digital data (see White House, US intelligence services and Republican Congress leaders) stated that the program is indispensable for national security, and vital to the protection of allies of the United States.
They agreed that little or no revision is needed.
Proponents of privacy, on the other hand, say the legalization of mass surveillance by the NSA and other intelligence services is an infringement of the US Constitution. and not only…
