Privacy, Surveillance, & Tech: What FISA’s Renewal Means

Meant to arm federal authorities with intelligence gleaned from telecom and other sources, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was renewed recently, but not without debate down to the deadline for renewal. Richard Searle, chief AI officer with Fortanix, and Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, managing director of the Washington, DC office of IAPP, discuss FISA's renewal, questions raised for tech companies and privacy professionals, and what the policy landscape looks like as the US government makes moves, while touting security and privacy concerns, on TikTok.