A critical vote is happening in the House of Representatives today. If it passes, it will be a huge step towards preventing the NSA from continuing its spying on US citizens. All it takes is a quick call from us to our Congresspeople to make this happen.
Taskforce.is has created the Shut the Backdoor site with the information on the proposed amendment, why it's so important, and how to get in contact with your representative—as well as what to say when you call.
If passed, the proposed amendment would do two things: 1) block the NSA from using funds from the Defense Appropriations Bill to conduct warrantless ("backdoor") searches on Americans, and 2) stop them from using funds to mandate or request companies to add backdoors to encryption standards.
The vote is scheduled for today, so now is the time to call if you want to play your part in limiting the NSA's surveillance of us. Ever call counts, as the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes:
Last year, a partisan group of representatives introduced the so-called "Amash amendment" (named after co-sponsor Rep. Justin Amash) that would've prohibited funding for Section 215 bulk collection of telephone records, instead limiting collection to "tangible things that pertain to a person who is the subject of an investigation." Though it garnered incredibly strong support from both sides of the aisle, the Amash amendment did not pass. The final vote was very close: 205 in favor, 217 against. In other words, if just seven representatives had changed their votes from "no" to "yes," the amendment would've passed.
Shut the Backdoor via Sina Khanifar
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