WARNING: CISPA is BACK!(Internet control bill)

pimptight · Feb 12, 2013

This is why you should get your news from alternative media!!

Bad Cyber Security Bill CISPA Heading Back To the House

Posted by clnews _Featured_, Cyber Security Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
(By Tom Cheredar | venturebeat.com)
February 11, 2013

Rumors of CISPAs demise were apparently greatly exaggerated, according to various privacy rights advocates and organizations today.

CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, initially sought to give American companies more legal breathing room (protection against lawsuits) when collecting and sharing consumer/user data for the purpose of preventing massive Internet security threats. It passed a House vote with few guarantees that it wouldnt grossly violate a persons privacy rights (even in the face of a presidential veto threat). The White House eventually put a stamp of approval on the bill, pending certain amendments. But the Senate vote failed, and the president resorted to other methods for the time being.

The recently deceased bill, however, is scheduled for a new vote. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and fellow congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) will reintroduce CISPA this Wednesday, which should bear a striking resemblance to last years bill and not the amended version that failed to gain even a senate vote of approval.

So, what can you do to thwart (or at the very least stay informed about) CISPA this time around? Well, non-profit privacy awareness group Fight for the Future has created a webpage listing all the contact information for each congressperson that co-signed the last version of the bill, a list of companies that support the new CISPA, and other important facts.

The group also produced the infographic embedded below which contains a condensed explanation of what CISPA is trying to make legal
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http://consciouslifenews.com/bad-cyber-security-bill-cispa-heading-house-infographic/1149287/

premiere · Feb 12, 2013

Unfortunately, it seems as though President Obama is a willing participant this time around. There was a flurry of protest on Google+ the other day, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been sending out emails.

To make matters worse, U.S. banks are piling on. I heard no less than four separate news reports in the last five days detailing how more money has been stolen in "cyber-attacks" in the last two years than in all the armed bank robberies in the history of the United States. Like so many other issues, the media is helping to fuel the hysteria that leads to ill-conceived legislation like this.

pimptight · Feb 13, 2013

bump...

DonGlock26 · Feb 13, 2013

The neo-emperor Obama will sign this, if it gets on his desk. The media puppets will clap.

pimptight · Feb 13, 2013

Taking our guns and our internet.....nice.

premiere · Feb 18, 2013

Dangerous Cybersecurity Legislation Threatens Online Privacy

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is back.

Last year, Representatives Rogers and Ruppersberger introduced CISPA, which would create a gaping new exemption to existing privacy law. CISPA would grant companies more power to obtain “threat” information (such as from private communications of users) and to disclose that data to the government without a warrant -- including sending data to the National Security Agency.

This week, CISPA was reintroduced in the House of Representatives. EFF is joining groups like ACLU and Fight for the Future in combating this legislation.

Last year, tens of thousands of concerned individuals used the EFF action center to speak out against overbroad and ineffective cybersecurity proposals. Together, we substantially changed the debate around cybersecurity in the U.S., moving forward a range of privacy-protective amendments and ultimately helping to defeat the Senate bill.

Now we need your help again. Can you send a message to your Representatives asking them to oppose this bill?

https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9048
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We Americans can join the EFF's email campaign by sending messages to our Representatives.

pimptight · Feb 18, 2013

premiere said: ↑

We Americans can join the EFF's email campaign by sending messages to our Representatives.
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E-mailed, thanks for the link.

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