Keyboard Cops
Legislation under consideration in the US would give the government the power to monitor online “cyber threat information” without restraint, regardless of what it finds. The business leaders who are backing the law, on the grounds that it would create a clear procedure for handling official information requests, should think again.
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NEW YORK – Almost no one had read the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) before it was rushed through the United States House of Representatives in late April and sent to the Senate. CISPA is the successor to SOPA, the “anti-piracy” bill that was recently defeated after an outcry from citizens and Internet companies. SOPA, framed by its proponents in terms of protecting America’s entertainment industry from theft, would have shackled content providers and users, and spawned copycat legislation around the world, from Canada and the United Kingdom to Israel and Australia.