Republicans in Congress failed to win public support for PIPA and SOPA, and they know the American people are tired of their charades, and when we weren’t looking they passed CISPA.
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The House of Representatives passed CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, by a vote of 248-168. Donna Cassata of the Associated Press has written:
On
a partisan vote of 248-168, the GOP-controlled House backed the Cyber
Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which would encourage companies
and the federal government to share information collected on the
Internet to prevent electronic attacks from cyber-criminals, foreign
governments and terrorists.
The
White House, along with a coalition of liberal and conservative groups
and some lawmakers, strongly opposed the measure, complaining that
Americans' privacy could be violated. They argued that companies could
share an employee's personal information with the government, data that
could end up in the hands of officials from the National Security Agency
or the Defense Department. They also challenged the bill's liability
waiver for private companies that disclose information, complaining that
it was too broad.
"Once
in government hands, this information can be used for undefined
'national security' purposes unrelated to cyber-security," a coalition
that included the American Civil Liberties Union and former conservative
Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., wrote lawmakers Thursday.
Echoing
those concerns were several Republicans and Democrats who warned of
potential government spying on its citizens with the help of employers.
"In
an effort to foster information sharing, this bill would erode the
privacy protections of every single American using the Internet. It
would create a 'Wild West' of information sharing," said Rep. Bennie
Thompson of Mississippi, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security
Committee.
Said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas: "Until we protect the privacy rights of our citizens, the solution is worse than the problem."
Not good, not good at all.
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