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FILTER RESULTS ►The Internet's least-favorite congressman could head the FBI
Mike Rogers (R-Mich) is famous for sponsoring CISPA, a cybersecurity bill that activists call "a privacy nightmare."
The Deter Cyber Theft Act picks up where CISPA left off
The Senate's new cybersecurity bill is all about defending U.S. trade secrets from foreign hackers.
White House reiterates opposition to House CISPA bill
The House passed a bad cybersecurity bill last month, under threat of veto from the White House. That veto threat, administration officials reiterate in response to a We the People petition, is still in effect.
The administration will...Show More Summary
No Good Can Come Of Any Cybersecurity Bill Without A Clear Definition Of The Problem
With CISPA dead (mercifully) from a critical case of Senate disinterest, the conversation has inevitably turned to what the next cybersecurity bill should look like. Over at Wired, Julian Sanchez has laid out some guidelines for a cybersecurity bill that actually works, achieving the stated goals of CISPA without butchering civil liberties. Show More Summary
White House finally responds to anti-CISPA petition
With the cybersecurity bill in the water, the White House has responded to a petition from 117,000 citizens who opposed it.
Leslie Harris: CISPA Changes Show Power of Internet Advocacy
If and when a cybersecurity bill moves to the Senate, the story about House passage of CISPA should not be about failure.
CISPA, The Privacy-Threatening Cyberspying Bill, Is Dead In The Senate
CISPA, the controversial cybersecurity bill passed by the House last week, appears to be dead in the Senate. It's deja vu all over again for the measure, which would authorize private companies to share your email, texts and other personal information with federal agencies without a warrant or other privacy protections. Show More Summary
As Expected, Senate Has No Interest In CISPA; Planning Its Own Cybersecurity Bill Instead
It's really looking like the cybersecurity legislation fight for 2013 is merely a remake of the 2012 edition. First, the House passes CISPA in April, despite widespread privacy concerns (and CISPA's backers pretending they've taken care of them). Show More Summary
CISPA Is Dead; Internet 'Privacy' Safe Again (For Now)
The controversial cybersecurity bill, known, ever so gently as, the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) - since it's for your own good - that web-spying-bill">passed the House last week looks set to be shelved in the Senate according to representatives. Show More Summary
Senate approval on the House’s bad cybersecurity bill CISPA seems unlikely
Bad cyber security legislation CISPA is likely to fail if it goes to a vote on the Senate floor, according to comments made by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.), chairman of the committee on commerce, science and transportation, today.
CISPA 'dead' in Senate, privacy concerns cited
The chairman of a key Senate committee cited "insufficient" privacy protections in the cybersecurity bill, recently passed by the House.
ACLU: Controversial Cybersecurity CISPA Is Dead (For Now)
CISPA is all but dead, again. The controversial cybersecurity bill known as the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act, which passed the House of Representatives last week, will almost certainly be shelved by the Senate, according to a representative of the U.S. Show More Summary
CISPA could let corporations hack "in good faith"
Critics argue the vague language of the cybersecurity bill would allow companies to get away with some of the very same acts the bill is intended to stamp out.
Cybersecurity Bill Allows Employers To Seize Employee Facebook Passwords… Wait, What?
It may claim to be about protecting people online, but CISPA supporters are actually downright hostile to protecting individuals on the Internet.
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Lawyers Monitoring Cybersecurity Bill
Congress is once again pushing forward on a controversial bill to bolster the nation’s cybersecurity, which could end up changing how law firms and their clients respond to online threats. The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,...
Cybersecurity Bill Passes the House, But What's Next?
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. The House has approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA, H.R. 624). CISPA allows private companies and the federal government to exchange information relating to cybersecurity threats. The bill was passed......
CISPA Passes House Amid Worries Over Privacy
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a groundbreaking cybersecurity bill that’s been widely debated lately. Some tech forms support it, while other organizations, firms and citizens have rallied against it.
The House voted on Thursday afternoon, 288 to 127, to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Show More Summary
Anonymous Calls For A CISPA Blackout... But Nobody Listens
Anonymous has called for an Internet blackout to protest CISPA, the much maligned cybersecurity bill that threatens your privacy more than it protects it. But without the support of Reddit, which co-sponsored last year's SOPA blackout,...Show More Summary
Anonymous calls for Internet blackout to stop CISPA
Can controversial cybersecurity bill CISPA be defeated with a web-wide protest?
The Case For – And Against – Freaking Out About CISPA, The Controversial Cybersecurity Bill That Passed In The House
If you missed it (and, given the news week that just transpired, it'd be hard to blame you), on Thursday, the House of Representatives passed CISPA (full name: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) by a 288-127 vote. Lots of people do not like this bill, and think it poses a threat to civil liberties. So is it time to freak out?
