According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, H.R. 3523 “would let companies spy on users and share private information with the federal government and other companies with near-total immunity from civil and criminal liability. It effectively creates a ‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws.”
The bill could sneak through Congress quickly once it’s back in session, so be sure to track its progress.
Once again the Internet is just another frontier that governments and corporations -- sometimes both intermingled in a corrupt haze-- just can't ignore. They have to control this thing thet keeps biting their hand. So of course they put out these stupid, irresponsible, ignorant bills to try to do exactly that: control something that threatens them.
So in order to stall CISPA we can start by contacting our reps in congress.
As always its best to contact them by phone, you can find your rep details here:
Other coverage:
Also, help reviewing the text of bill itself would be good.
As always its best to contact them by phone, you can find your rep details here:
Other coverage:
- Forget SOPA, You Should Be Worried About This Cybersecurity Bill
- Draconian ‘Privacy Invasion Bill’ Continues to Gain Support
- Even worse than SOPA: New CISPA cybersecurity bill will censor the Web
- SOPA changes name to CISPA
Also, help reviewing the text of bill itself would be good.
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