The White House Acknowledges the Pressure on Section 702, But Much More Reform is Needed

After months of continued public confirmation that Americans’ privacy is being violated by surveillance under Section 702, and widespread criticism from civil society, activists, surveillance-skeptical bipartisan congressional committees, and even the overly timid Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board—a group of White House-appointed experts just flinched on renewing the law without reforms. It’s good to see even the White House signal that improvements are needed, but it was immediately undermined by the tininess of their proposed changes. …