WASHINGTON D.C.: A lawsuit filed on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) by the operator of Wikipedia and other organizations challenges the US government’s mass online surveillance programs, claiming that tapping into the Internet “backbone” is illegal.

The lawsuit was filed in Maryland federal court by the Wikimedia Foundation, Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch and other organizations.

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