House approves spy program on second attempt, Senate fate murky
2026-04-30T02:51:56Z•6e16ff2028e0f7b7ee6470a1d921bf095dba5aff72c5972ae7f801d78a36df02
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What happened
A roundup of security and policy news: The U.S. House passed a three-year renewal of Section 702 of FISA (235-191) while the Senate’s decision remains uncertain; U.S. and Chinese authorities cooperated to dismantle a Dubai-based cryptocurrency investment fraud “scam center” after numerous FBI victim reports and multimillion-dollar losses; the European Commission accused Meta of breaching the Digital Services Act by failing to protect minors under 13; Swiss and German police arrested 10 suspected members of the Nigeria-linked Black Axe criminal network, including a regional leader thought to be
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