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The original was posted on /r/technology by /u/HeinieKaboobler on 2023-11-28 22:59:02.

Original Title: A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab: Dozens of advocacy groups are pressuring the US Congress to abandon plans to ram through the renewal of a controversial surveillance program that they say poses an “alarming threat to civil rights.”