Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans
Not content to merely lick its wounds after the unprecedented implosion of the Stop Online Piracy Act, your United States House of Representatives is busying itself with yet another piece of draconian Internet censorship legislation. It’s called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, and this time the rhetorical tack is “cyber security.” Alas, the core argument at the heart of SOPA (Them pirates is takin our jebs!) wasn’t enough to galvanize the public to support laws that would grant more power to waning media companies that choose to legislative rather than innovate. Now Congress is trying to scare you with the specter of jihadists fomenting violence in your hard drive. And, wouldn’t you know it, it’s got the sponsorship of four Tennessee congresscritters, including recording industry darlings Jim Cooper and Marsha Blackburn. The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that the bill would allow the government and corporations to circumvent existing privacy laws under the auspices of fighting terrorism, but also if intellectual property is threatened. It’s a little piece of SOPA wrapped up in a bill that’s supposedly designed to facilitate detection of and defense against cybersecurity threats. The language is so vague that an ISP could use it to [...]
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