Wikipedia to file lawsuit against NSA and US Department of Justice

Jimmy Wales and co will be joined by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International USA in a challenge against mass surveillance by the US government

Wikipedia will take legal action against the National Security Agency and the US Department of Justice challenging the government's mass surveillance programme.

The lawsuit, to be filed on Tuesday, alleges that the NSA's mass surveillance of internet traffic in the United States - often called "Upstream" surveillance - violates the US constitution's first amendment, which protects freedom of speech and association, and the fourth amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.