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• Groups urge Obama to oppose cyberthreat sharing bills

  They say the Senate's CISA cyberthreat information sharing bill would allow businesses to share too much information

• Don't expect major changes to NSA surveillance from Congress

  After passing the USA Freedom Act, many in Congress may be unwilling to extend surveillance reform

• New NSA phone dragnet proposals blasted as flawed

  Proposals to renew portions of the Patriot Act wouldn't end bulk phone records collection, critics say

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, May 19

  Obama claims @POTUS, tweets...YouTube Kids shows beer ads...Samsung off the hook for some Apple damages

• Survey finds most US residents want changes to Patriot Act surveillance

  An ACLU study concluded there's broad concern about government surveillance among U.S. residents

• US appeals court rules against NSA phone records collection

  Congress didn't give the agency the authority to collect U.S. phone records in bulk, the court says