US is considering CLOUD Act but it looks shoddy

The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act) is currently working its way through US Congress but opposition to the legislation is starting to ramp up.
It is supposed to be a new set of laws and mechanisms which brings law enforcement up to date in a world which is increasingly governed by the cloud, but privacy and human rights groups are raising concerns. Any changes to fundamental laws will of course raise intense debate, most of which is virtue signalling, but in this cause the