Complete identification of views between Democrats and Republicans of the USA, who for the first time, agree on something. The theme it was the NSA's mass surveillance.
The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the U.S. Freedoms Act, a bill that would ban NSA to collect uncontrolled phone metadata.
The new law will allow only targeted approaches from the National Security Service.
The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the bill, with 338 pro and 88 according to TNW.
The timing appears to be important, as Section 215 of the Patriot Act (the legal basis that uses the NSA to justify the collection data) is set to expire on June 1st.
The bill will now have to pass through the Senate, which is expected to vote on 22 in May.
Great technological Companies like Google have already expressed their support for the new USA Freedom Act.
Too good to be true? Time will tell…
