Privacy advocates, companies, and members of Congress have begun a push for reform since this summer's revelations about US surveillance capabilities. While critics and protestors are common, many have also filed suit in an attempt to have NSA surveillance ruled unconstitutional, petitioned to publish more details, or introduced bills that could limit the existing rules.
Nov 9, 2015, 9:29 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Judge issues last-minute ruling against the NSA phone surveillance program
Aug 28, 2015, 4:09 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Appeals court overturns earlier ruling against NSA surveillance
May 23, 2015, 5:15 AM UTCAdi Robertson and Russell Brandom
Senate votes down USA Freedom Act, putting bulk surveillance powers in jeopardy
Feb 6, 2015, 12:15 PM UTCAmar Toor
British web surveillance violated human rights, court rules
GCHQ acted unlawfully by accessing NSA intelligence, but court says program is now legal after recent disclosures
Jun 27, 2014, 9:35 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Activist groups fly 'illegal spying below' sign over NSA data center
Jun 14, 2014, 2:45 PM UTCChris Ziegler
A federal judge will review US 'secret court' rulings to see if they were improperly kept under wraps
Jun 5, 2014, 3:25 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech titans tell Senate to fix NSA spying
May 22, 2014, 3:00 PM UTCAdi Robertson
House of Representatives passes 'gutted' NSA surveillance reform
Privacy watchdogs hope Senate will roll back amendments to USA Freedom Act
May 1, 2014, 3:32 PM UTCAdrianne Jeffries
The race to bring NSA surveillance to the Supreme Court
There are at least three pending cases against the agency with a shot at making it all the way
Mar 13, 2014, 8:31 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Mark Zuckerberg called President Obama to complain about NSA surveillance
Feb 13, 2014, 4:26 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Not many of us actually fought on the Day We Fight Back
Protest turnout was never going to match SOPA's peak
Feb 10, 2014, 9:26 PM UTCAdi Robertson
The Day We Fight Back: can an internet protest stop the NSA?*
* Probably not, but it might get a bill passed
Feb 3, 2014, 4:11 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Hacker group files criminal complaint against German government surveillance
Jan 29, 2014, 6:37 PM UTCAdi Robertson
US intelligence chief has 30 days to reveal if specific citizens were spied upon
Jan 27, 2014, 9:34 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Department of Justice announces new gag-order deal with Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others
Jan 16, 2014, 9:29 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Moment of truth: will Obama take on the NSA?
Can the president rein in the surveillance state? Does he want to?
Dec 27, 2013, 5:04 PM UTCRussell Brandom
Federal judge rules NSA metadata collection is lawful, dismissing ACLU case