Gaby Del Valle

Kind of! The Senate can’t agree on amendments to the bill that reauthorizes the warrantless surveillance program, so it’s looking like we’re about to hit the midnight expiration deadline without a bill for Biden to sign.

But technically speaking, the FISA court recently granted a government request to allow the program to continue until April 2025.

The amendment would reverse a provision included in the recent House bill reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA that expands the definition of “electronic communications service provider,” which critics say would force Americans to essentially spy for the government.

“Forcing ordinary Americans and small businesses to conduct secret, warrantless spying is what authoritarian countries do, not democracies,” Wyden said in a statement. 

Citing national security concerns, the country’s interior ministry said it shut down access to the platform ahead of elections in February.

Though Pakistani users have complained of limited access to X for months, the government has not confirmed it restricted the website until now. X remains blocked, but another court has told the government it has a week to reevaluate the shutdown.