NSA sued by Wikipedia parent group over mass surveillance

Sooraj Shah
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Wikimedia is suing spy agency for 'suspicionless seizure and searching of internet traffic on US soil'

Wikipedia's parent group, Wikimedia Foundation, is suing the US National Security Agency (NSA) for what it dubs the "suspicionless seizure and searching of internet traffic by the agency on US soil...

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