The Ongoing Impact of Edward Snowden's Leaks on Surveillance.

Ten years after Edward Snowden's initial leaks, lawmakers, digital privacy and civil liberties advocates say that public awareness of the harms posed by mass surveillance has increased, but there's still much room for improvement. The battle to reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is the next big test. Section 702 is supposed to permit the federal government to spy on communications belonging to foreign individuals outside of America, theoretically to prevent criminal and terrorist acts. However, the government has historically used this data to monitor activists, journalists and others without obtaining a warrant.