Wikipedia is suing the NSA over mass internet surveillance
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia, is filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), challenging the US government’s mass surveillance programs. The nonprofit will be joined in its efforts by eight other organizations and is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “Our aim in filing this suit is to end this mass surveillance program in order to protect the rights of our users around the world,” said the foundation in a blog post.
the lawsuit will focus on upstream surveillance
The full complaint has been published by the ACLU, with Wikimedia explaining it will focus on “upstream” surveillance — the direct interception of…
Source:: The Verge
