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A group of 28 organizations sent a letter to Senate leaders opposing S. 1357, legislation that would extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act through July 31, 2015.

Platform violates Net Neutrality, harms security, and fails to provide true access to the internet, groups say.

Today, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 was approved by the House of Representatives by a vote of 338-88. Access welcomes the House’s passage of the bill as a step forward on the path toward meaningful surveillance reform.

Today, a coalition of groups and companies advocating for surveillance reform sent a letter to Senate leaders opposing any legislative mandates for companies to retain customer data.

Access today welcomed the reintroduction of a bipartisan reform bill meant to rein in the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata.

The House of Representatives has passed its second cybersurveillance law in as many days, H.R. 1731, the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (NCPA).

Access calls on President Obama to veto legislation.

Access today announced strong opposition to S. 1035, legislation introduced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would extend expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act through 2020.

This week decision makers in Brussels are negotiating over a crucial text to preserve the open internet.

Letter is a clarion call for meaningful surveillance reform — but now the real work begins.