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Declassified Court Ruling Details FBI Abuses of Mass Surveillance Data
Loaded on June 15, 2020
by Anthony Accurso
published in Criminal Legal News
July, 2020, page 24
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Electronic Communictions Privacy Act,
Police/Govt Misconduct.
Location:
United States of America.
by Anthony Accurso
The government declassified a court order from October 2018 that details the FBI’s misuse of its access to mass surveillance data collected in partnership with large tech and communications companies.
The order detailed what many Americans suspect: Federal agencies misuse mass surveillance in contravention …
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