FSF, other groups join EFF to sue NSA over unconstitutional surveillance

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Tuesday, July 16, 2013 — The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today joined eighteen other activist and advocacy organizations in challenging the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mass surveillance of telecommunications in the United States with a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The recently revealed surveillance program intercepts and catalogs the time, place, and participants of all calls on Verizon’s phone network over a defined period. This includes calls made between advocacy organizations and their supporters.
Source: Free Software