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Appeals court says NSA’s meta data collection illegal
META DATA RULING
• NSA collects MOST of our texts, calls, emails, & web traffic.
• All of that is completely legal, in part, thanks to the Patriot Act.
• Part of the data they collect is called “meta data.”
• Meta data is info about calls: the numbers and length of call.
• After Snowden revelations, the ACLU (and others) sued.
• Today, a federal court ruled that meta data collection is illegal.
• The case is not over. It goes back to a lower court now.
• This is a landmark case and a huge win for privacy advocates.