Source: National Cyber Security - Produced By Gregory Evans
In January, hundreds of people turned out in New York City to protest SOPA and related legislation (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Meet CISPA. You may not have heard of it yet because it’s been flying under the radar. It’s a lot like PIPA, which was a lot SOPA (I’m sure you heard of those). Actually, some people are calling it “worse than SOPA,” and it’s sponsored by a congressman who thinks the death penalty should be considered for Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking military information to Wikileaks. Be worried: they think we stopped paying attention after SOPA — so they made this. CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (PDF) (aka H.R. 3523), is up for a vote in two weeks. Unlike its failed cousins, it has the support of companies such as ATT, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Verizon, and many more. A full list of all 28 corporate supporters is here. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), is also trying to get tech press to tell you to think that his bill CISPA is “nothing like SOPA.” Don’t believe it. CISPA’s primary function is to remove legal barriers that might keep Internet companies from [...]
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