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NSA Officially Ends Bulk Phone Metadata Collection Under USA Freedom Act

2015-11-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The NSA officially ended its bulk collection of Americans’ telephone metadata at 11:59 PM on November 29, 2015, as required by the USA Freedom Act passed by Congress in June 2015. The program, which had operated under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act since 2006, systematically collected …

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Obama Signs USA FREEDOM Act, Ending NSA Bulk Metadata Collection

2015-06-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Barack Obama signed the USA FREEDOM Act into law on June 2, 2015, representing the most significant reform of U.S. surveillance programs since the 1970s and a direct response to Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA mass surveillance. The Act prohibited bulk collection of all …

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