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otpglobal:

As Cybersecurity Bill Fails In Senate, Privacy Advocates Rejoice

“The White House was even more blistering in its condemnation of Senate Republicans, releasing a statement saying in part that ‘the politics of obstructionism, driven by special interest groups seeking to avoid accountability, prevented Congress from passing legislation to better protect our nation from potentially catastrophic cyber-attacks.’

To be accurate, the vote wasn’t completely along party lines: Six Democrats broke ranks to vote against the bill as well, while five Republicans voted in favor of it.

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Still, given the #Obama administration’s firm commitment to advancing cybersecurity legislation of some type, advocacy groups are on alert about a possible resurrection of the bill after the Senate’s August recess, or possibly next year, following the general election in November.”

thedailywhat:

This Is Important, You Should Know This of the Day: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act now has more than 105 co-sponsors, and some fear the bill could go further than SOPA and PIPA in threatening online privacy. SOPA and PIPA were finally discarded earlier this year after resoundingonline protest changed the debate, but the same doesn’t yet appear to be the case with CISPA.

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 totrack its progress.

[digitaljournal]

(Source: thedailywhat, via anarcho-queer)