# FISA renewal is up this week **URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/fisa-renewal-is-up-this-week/37104 **Category:** General **Created:** 2026-04-13T19:01:09Z **Posts:** 6 ## Post 1 by @Encounter5729 — 2026-04-13T19:01:09Z > **[FISA 702 up for renewal amid privacy concerns | The Chicago Report](https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-arcjaxumjszrvpm6)** > > A controversial surveillance law is back under the microscope. >  Fisa 702, a section of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, is set to expire soon. >  Critics say it's being used to collect American's data without a warrant. >  So they're hoping... > **[We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/we-need-you-our-privacy-cannot-afford-clean-extension-section-702)** > > The intelligence community and its defenders in Congress, as always, seem more interested in defending their rights to read your private communications than in protecting your right to privacy. It’s not really a compromise between safety and privacy... Call your rep. If it’s a Democrat, ask if they really want to give the Trump administration the power to surveil every american? If it’s a Republican, ask them if they believe in free speech. Say surveillance stiffle free speech. --- ## Post 2 by @anon96036341 — 2026-04-13T19:09:42Z Politically, both parties have differing views on what’s free speech. Not sure they’d agree the argument we’d make. --- ## Post 3 by @Encounter5729 — 2026-04-13T20:47:58Z Please try. I am not a US citizen but if you are do. --- ## Post 4 by @Expert4870 — 2026-04-13T21:14:07Z You can see how your representative voted on the most recent [FISA reauth](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7888) that passed [here](https://www.congress.gov/votes/house/118-2/120) and you can see how your senators voted [here](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00150.htm). > **I had an LLM make a script to send to friends/family who are in districts where their rep voted in favor of it last time. This one has an ICE twist on it.** > > [Hey, I have a favor to ask. There’s a surveillance law called FISA Section 702 that expires on April 20. It lets the government collect foreigners’ communications but also sweeps up tons of Americans’ calls and emails, and then the FBI searches through them without a warrant. They’ve used it to spy on protesters, journalists, even a sitting member of Congress. > > Here’s the part I thought you’d care about: the 2024 reauthorization added a provision letting intelligence agencies use 702 data to screen anyone traveling to the US, and ICE has been using the broader surveillance infrastructure — including data purchased from brokers without warrants — to track immigrants, people who film federal agents, and even US citizens at protests. Reform advocates are trying to close those loopholes now, but a clean extension would keep all of it in place and hand these powers to the Trump administration for another 18 months. > > Your rep (Name) voted to renew it last time without reforms, and (he/she) might do it again. Would you call (his/her) office? (phone number) — just say you’re a (county) constituent and you want (him/her) to oppose a clean extension of Section 702 without a warrant requirement and without closing the data broker loophole. It’s a 2-minute call and constituent’s calls from their district matter.] > > If they ask what to say you can give them this script. (Don’t forget to remove quotes and fill it in. > > “Hi, my name is [name] and I’m a constituent in (town). I’m calling to ask Representative (name) to oppose a clean extension of FISA Section 702. I’d like him to support a warrant requirement for searching Americans’ communications and to close the data broker loophole that lets agencies like ICE buy our personal data without a court order. Thank you.” Definitely edit it to make it personal and not sound AI, but it is a starting point. --- ## Post 5 by @Encounter5729 — 2026-04-17T08:22:59Z The House voted to prolonge FISA by … two weeks ! This can give time to do a campaign against it [https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-republicans-close-extending-surveillance-act-with-small-reforms-2026-04-17/](https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-republicans-close-extending-surveillance-act-with-small-reforms-2026-04-17/) --- ## Post 6 by @Encounter5729 — 2026-04-17T10:59:02Z @jonah [@team](/groups/team) Please talk about that in the show and urge your US viewers to take action. This is a great opportunity to put warrant requirements on FISA Another article > **[House extends surveillance powers until April 30 after late-night revolt...](https://apnews.com/article/congress-foreign-surveillance-fisa-spy-agencies-3dc3e84c3b9b03f52b84dfb3b01fc770)** > > The House has approved a short-term renewal until April 30 of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies.