NSA Surveillance Lawsuit Tracker

ProPublica's NSA Surveillance Lawsuit tracker lists and gives that status of key lawsuits brought against the National Surveillance Agency for their surveillance activities
Home page http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/surveillance-suits
Phase Released
Tags surveillance, justice, US, lawsuits, NSA, pro publica, journalism, and government
Project Start Date 2013
Launch Date 2013
Most Recent Update 2015
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Thematic Focus Justice
Issue addressed Tracking legal action against the NSA surveillance's system
Geographic Focus US

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Description

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Rundown of key lawsuits about surveillance by the NSA in the US.
Language English
Commissioner ProPublica
Publisher ProPublica

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Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 409K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 84/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 80/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Medium Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 22/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

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