US House approves bill to limit NSA data collection

[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted 303-121 [roll call] Thursday to approve a bill that would curb the powers of the National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] to collect phone records. The USA Freedom Act [HR 3361 materials] would end the bulk collection of phone records and instead require the NSA to query phone companies about individual suspicious phone numbers. Supporters have called the bill an important step in protecting Americans' privacy, but some have argued that...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/us-house-approves-bill-to-limit-nsa-data-collection.php

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