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> Firstly PRISM was found unlawful. It violated FISA. I’m not able to find any court ruling which said this. PRISM still operates today. I believe some investi
by reaperman 2y ago
> Firstly PRISM was found unlawful. It violated FISA.
I’m not able to find any court ruling which said this. PRISM still operates today. I believe some investigations found that there were “some” violations of section 702 but nothing systemic enough to warrant curtailing the program.
I mean, I personally think it’s unlawful. But I don’t think it was ever legally determined to be.
- ktallett 2y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54013527 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54013527 I strongly doubt the US will curtail any plans whether they are found unlawful or not. Possibly one of the reasons so many have significant disdain for the US government and their activities.
- reaperman 2y agoThat article is about the large scale phone record metadata collection program, not PRISM. I already noted that “federal courts determined the [phone record metadata] program exceeded the authority granted by [section] 215” in my top post. AFAIK there’s been no similar court ruling against PRISM or other kind of official decision taken against the PRISM program.