U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance

'A blow to the rule of law': Supreme Court rejects challenge to NSA mass surveillance

Privacy advocates on Tuesday blasted the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear the Wikimedia Foundation's case against a federal program for spying on Americans' online communications with people abroad.The nonprofit foundation, which operates Wikipedia, took aim at the National Security Agency (NSA) program "Upstream" that—under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—searches emails, internet messages, and other web communicati…

US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Wikimedia Foundation's Challenge to NSA Mass Surveillance

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the Wikimedia Foundation’s petition for review of its legal challenge to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) “Upstream” surveillance program. Under this program, the NSA systematically searches the contents of internet traffic entering and leaving the United States, including Americans’ private emails, messages, and web communications. The Supreme Court’s denial leaves in place a divided ruling from the U.S. …

US Supreme Court declines Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA mass surveillance

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopedia to resurrect its lawsuit against the

Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance Program

Privacy groups have argued the program exposed by Edward Snowden is unconstitutional

Supreme Court declines to hear Wikimedia case against NSA surveillance program

Critics of the high court's decision not to hear the case say the justices have struck a blow against civil liberties.

U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a bid by the operator of the popular Wikipedia internet encyclopedia to resurrect its lawsuit against the National Security Agency challenging mass online surveillance.