Sites Block Congress, The Congress left town a weekend ago without settling on a substitution for the Patriot Act, which is situated to terminate Sunday at midnight, and now 10,000 sites are hindering Congress' entrance in challenge.
The Patriot Act, particularly Section 215 in the Act, permits the National Security Agency expansive power to direct mass observation and accumulation of telephone records.
The power outage was initiated by a gathering called Fight for the Future. Individuals from the gathering — which incorporate Reddit, Yelp, and the Consumer Electronics Association — have added code to their destinations that diverts any guests from Internet convention (IP) addresses at the House or Senate to a challenge page.
"Congress: This is a power outage," the site peruses. "We are obstructing your entrance until you end mass reconnaissance laws."
It proceeds with: "The genuine answer is to end all powers used to lead mass reconnaissance. Until you do, a great many sites have obstructed your entrance, and more are joining consistently."
The gathering additionally has a Twitter crusade going in which it welcomes individuals to send in "#ifeelnaked" photographs (garments discretionary), which are then posted under a flag saying:
"Congress ought to be embarrassed about NSA mass spying. It's similar to a strip seek, onli
The Patriot Act, particularly Section 215 in the Act, permits the National Security Agency expansive power to direct mass observation and accumulation of telephone records.
The power outage was initiated by a gathering called Fight for the Future. Individuals from the gathering — which incorporate Reddit, Yelp, and the Consumer Electronics Association — have added code to their destinations that diverts any guests from Internet convention (IP) addresses at the House or Senate to a challenge page.
"Congress: This is a power outage," the site peruses. "We are obstructing your entrance until you end mass reconnaissance laws."
It proceeds with: "The genuine answer is to end all powers used to lead mass reconnaissance. Until you do, a great many sites have obstructed your entrance, and more are joining consistently."
The gathering additionally has a Twitter crusade going in which it welcomes individuals to send in "#ifeelnaked" photographs (garments discretionary), which are then posted under a flag saying:
"Congress ought to be embarrassed about NSA mass spying. It's similar to a strip seek, onli
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