[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-fisas-section-702-survives-sunset-as-certification-runs-through-2027":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":25,"sources":29,"feedback":33,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":33,"total_tokens":33},839,"fisas-section-702-survives-sunset-as-certification-runs-through-2027","FISA's Section 702 survives sunset as certification runs through 2027","The spy law’s expiration tonight won’t halt surveillance; a court‑approved certification keeps data collection alive until next March.","- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Title VII lapses at midnight, but Section 702 monitoring continues under an existing court certification.\n\n- Congress failed to pass a renewal, so the statutory text expires. The FISA Court, however, issued a yearlong certification on March 17, 2026, that remains valid until March 2027. That certification authorizes the same electronic‑communication collection the law normally permits, meaning agencies can keep gathering data without a new statute.\n\n- The continuity matters because it thwarts the narrative that the program will “go dark” without legislative action. Advocates warn that fear‑mongering could push a rushed reauthorisation lacking privacy safeguards. The existing certification shows that lawmakers anticipated lapses and built a procedural backstop, leaving the real debate about reforms untouched.\n\n- In short, the sunset is mostly symbolic; the real lever now is the court‑issued certification, not the expired text.","[\"privacy\",\"surveillance\",\"law\"]","2026-06-12T18:57:51.000Z","2026-06-12T20:25:10.804Z","2026-06-12T20:25:18.219Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Ffisas-section-702-survives-sunset-as-certification-runs-through-2027.webp",[26,27,28],"privacy","surveillance","law",[30],{"name":31,"url":32},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Ftech-policy\u002F2026\u002F06\u002Fcontroversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue\u002F",0]