House intel panel advances NSA spying bill despite privacy objectionsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House panel on Friday approved legislation that would renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, despite objections from the technology sector and civil liberties groups over inadequate privacy protection. The House Intelligence Committee passed 13-8 the measure to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a further four years until 2021. The act is due to expire on Dec. 31 in the absence of congressional action. The bill’s passage signaled that Congress remained far from consensus on how to renew Section 702, as several rival bills with various new privacy provisions circulated in the House and Senate, with no clear path forward for any measure. Intelligence agencies say Section 702 is vital to national security and protecting American allies, and the Trump administration wants minimal changes to it.  But privacy advocates criticized the intelligence panel’s bill for not requiring a warrant to access collected data belonging to Americans. Reform Government Surveillance, a group representing major tech companies including Facebook (FB.O), Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) that presses governments around the world to bolster digital privacy protections, issued a lengthy statement Thursday denouncing the measure, which it said may expand government surveillance. All Republicans on the intelligence panel supported the measure, while all Democrats opposed it due to a mix of concerns, including language that would revise how government officials can “unmask” the identity of Americans’ names’ typically redacted in intelligence intercepts.  Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have accused without evidence the previous administration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat, of improperly unmasking names for political reasons, a charge Democrats have rejected. Section 702 allows the NSA to collect vast amounts of digital communications from foreign suspects living outside the United States. But the program, classified details of which were exposed in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, incidentally gathers communications of Americans for a variety of technical reasons, including if they communicate with a foreign target living overseas. Those communications can then be subject to searches without a warrant, including by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The House Judiciary Committee last month passed by 27-8 another measure that partially restricts the FBI’s ability to review American data collected under Section 702 by requiring the agency to obtain a warrant when seeking evidence of crime, but not in other cases such as for data related to counterterrorism. politicsNews
house intel panel advances nsa spying bill despite privacy objectionswashington reuters a house panel friday approved legislation would renew national security agency warrantless internet surveillance program despite objections technology sector civil liberties groups inadequate privacy protection the house intelligence committee passed measure authorize section foreign intelligence surveillance act four years the act due expire absence congressional action the bill passage signaled congress remained far consensus renew section several rival bills various new privacy provisions circulated house senate clear path forward measure intelligence agencies say section vital national security protecting american allies trump administration wants minimal changes but privacy advocates criticized intelligence panel bill requiring warrant access collected data belonging americans reform government surveillance group representing major tech companies including facebook alphabet google apple presses governments around world bolster digital privacy protections issued lengthy statement thursday denouncing measure said may expand government surveillance all republicans intelligence panel supported measure democrats opposed due mix concerns including language would revise government officials mask identity americans names typically redacted intelligence intercepts republicans including president donald trump accused without evidence previous administration president barack obama democrat improperly masking names political reasons charge democrats rejected section allows nsa collect vast amounts digital communications foreign suspects living outside united states but program classified details exposed former nsa contractor edward snowden incidentally gathers communications americans variety technical reasons including communicate foreign target living overseas those communications subject searches without warrant including federal bureau investigation the house judiciary committee last month passed another measure partially restricts fbi ability review american data collected section requiring agency obtain warrant seeking evidence crime cases data related counterterrorism politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: House intel panel advances NSA spying bill despite privacy objectionsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House panel on Friday approved legislation that would renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, despite objections from the technology sector and civil liberties groups over inadequate privacy protection. The House Intelligence Committee passed 13-8 the measure to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for a further four years until 2021. The act is due to expire on Dec. 31 in the absence of congressional action. The bill’s passage signaled that Congress remained far from consensus on how to renew Section 702, as several rival bills with various new privacy provisions circulated in the House and Senate, with no clear path forward for any measure. Intelligence agencies say Section 702 is vital to national security and protecting American allies, and the Trump administration wants minimal changes to it.  But privacy advocates criticized the intelligence panel’s bill for not requiring a warrant to access collected data belonging to Americans. Reform Government Surveillance, a group representing major tech companies including Facebook (FB.O), Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) that presses governments around the world to bolster digital privacy protections, issued a lengthy statement Thursday denouncing the measure, which it said may expand government surveillance. All Republicans on the intelligence panel supported the measure, while all Democrats opposed it due to a mix of concerns, including language that would revise how government officials can “unmask” the identity of Americans’ names’ typically redacted in intelligence intercepts.  Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have accused without evidence the previous administration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat, of improperly unmasking names for political reasons, a charge Democrats have rejected. Section 702 allows the NSA to collect vast amounts of digital communications from foreign suspects living outside the United States. But the program, classified details of which were exposed in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, incidentally gathers communications of Americans for a variety of technical reasons, including if they communicate with a foreign target living overseas. Those communications can then be subject to searches without a warrant, including by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The House Judiciary Committee last month passed by 27-8 another measure that partially restricts the FBI’s ability to review American data collected under Section 702 by requiring the agency to obtain a warrant when seeking evidence of crime, but not in other cases such as for data related to counterterrorism. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: house intel panel advances nsa spying bill despite privacy objectionswashington reuters a house panel friday approved legislation would renew national security agency warrantless internet surveillance program despite objections technology sector civil liberties groups inadequate privacy protection the house intelligence committee passed measure authorize section foreign intelligence surveillance act four years the act due expire absence congressional action the bill passage signaled congress remained far consensus renew section several rival bills various new privacy provisions circulated house senate clear path forward measure intelligence agencies say section vital national security protecting american allies trump administration wants minimal changes but privacy advocates criticized intelligence panel bill requiring warrant access collected data belonging americans reform government surveillance group representing major tech companies including facebook alphabet google apple presses governments around world bolster digital privacy protections issued lengthy statement thursday denouncing measure said may expand government surveillance all republicans intelligence panel supported measure democrats opposed due mix concerns including language would revise government officials mask identity americans names typically redacted intelligence intercepts republicans including president donald trump accused without evidence previous administration president barack obama democrat improperly masking names political reasons charge democrats rejected section allows nsa collect vast amounts digital communications foreign suspects living outside united states but program classified details exposed former nsa contractor edward snowden incidentally gathers communications americans variety technical reasons including communicate foreign target living overseas those communications subject searches without warrant including federal bureau investigation the house judiciary committee last month passed another measure partially restricts fbi ability review american data collected section requiring agency obtain warrant seeking evidence crime cases data related counterterrorism politicsnews