Anti-NSA Protest LIVE UPDATES

#Restorethe4th: Anti-NSA protest LIVE UPDATES

Published time: July 04, 2013 12:34
Edited time: July 04, 2013 23:23

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An anti-NSA surveillance nationwide protest and online campaign is launching on Thursday. It aims to restore the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which protects US citizens from "unreasonable searches and seizures."

The ‘Restore the Fourth’ campaign was born on Reddit last month and is being supported by Mozilla, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and other US and international press freedom organizations.
"The purpose of the rallies is to spread awareness of and spur political action against unconstitutional spying by the U.S. government," the campaign stated on its official website.

There will also be live protests in dozens of US major cities, which are expected to draw up to 20,000 people in the nation’s larger cities.


Press freedom advocates say the protests are crucial because the mainstream media is not adequately covering the NSA leaks and their importance to everyday citizens. Demonstrations are also planned in Canada and the UK.  
23:21 GMT: Over 300 people have gathered for Restore the Fourth rally in San Diego.
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19:35 GMT: Around 500 people met up in New York City’s Union Square to listen to privacy advocates and civil liberties groups discuss Fourth Amendment rights, CNET reported.
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Protesters gather in Atlanta (image from http://www.rightnow.io)

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Demonstrators gather at the NSA's $1.5 billion Utah Data Center (image by @joshdustin)

19:02 GMT: Demonstrators rallied at the Utah Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday, protesting against the NSA’s $1.5 billion Utah Data Center, believing it to be an example of the government’s trampling on Fourth Amendment rights, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. 

A crowd rallies in San Francisco (image by @RestoreThe4thSF)

A crowd marches against NSA surveillance programs in Chicago (image by @hashtag_justice)

Protesters rally at the Restore the Fourth demonstration in New York City.

18:49 GMT: Restore the Fourth organizers say that by early afternoon, crowds of more than 400 had gathered in New York City and Washington, D.C. They expect the turnout to be more than 10,000 nationwide.

A crowd rallies in San Francisco (image by @RestoreThe4thSF)