SOPA mutates into much worse CISPA, the latest threat to internet free speech
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(NaturalNews) Just because SOPA and PIPA, the infamous internet "? switch" bills, are largely dead does not mean the threat to internet free speech has become any less serious. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), also known as H.R. 3523, is the latest mutation of these internet censorship and spying bills to hit the U.S. Congress -- and unless the American people speak up now to stop it, CISPA could lead to far worse repercussions for online free speech than SOPA or PIPA ever would have.
CNET, the popular technology news website that was among many others who spoke up against SOPA and PIPA earlier in the year, is also one of many now sounding the alarm about CISPA, which was authored by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.). Though the bill's promoters are marketing it as being nothing like SOPA or PIPA, CISPA is exactly like those bills, except worse.
What CISPA will do, if passed, is remove all the legal barriers that currently stop internet service providers, government agencies, and others from arbitrarily spying on internet users. In the name of "cybersecurity," a term that is undefined in the bill, CISPA will essentially allow internet users to be surveilled by the government without probable cause or a search warrant, which is a clear violation of users' constitutional civil liberties.
Additionally, it will allow websites like Google, Facebook, and Twitter to intercept emails, text messages, and other private information that might be considered a threat to "cybersecurity." The government can then demand access to this information, even if it has nothing to do with copyright infringement, which is one of the excuses being used for why such a bill is needed in the first place.
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Wow thats some ? ...!!!
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should post this in GNS you'll get more hits...
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Man, these old ? will not quit whatsoever.
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poeple cant have freedom or speed in delivering information
only the govt can have that ..that way they control who gets what
i think the tests was in the middle east....so know they know what the capabilities are -
BK Product wrote: »should post this in GNS you'll get more hits...
thats optimism for ya, i doubt the folks over there would care until the 11th hour -
The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.
It's too educational. -
Last Of My Kind wrote: »BK Product wrote: »should post this in GNS you'll get more hits...
thats optimism for ya, i doubt the folks over there would care until the 11th hour
LMAoOOOooHigh Revolutionary wrote: »The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.
It's too educational.
REALTALK.COM -
as educational as the internet is , theres also alot of ? too. you gotta know where to look and how to disseminate though
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^ same with books and tv shows, music and just about anything else...there has to be balance
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anybody got any info on the author of the billl. why they trying so hard
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High Revolutionary wrote: »The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.
It's too educational.
The net exposed me to so much new and informative ? that I would have NEVER discovered. From health to news to government CIA ? , it literally changed me for the better. Damn shame that these old ? in Congress try to censor it. -
if they control the information and they control the flow of knowledge then power is held by those who control all the secrets...
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House has passed it so far, Obama says he will veto it once it comes across his desk.
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? around and Anonymous shut down the whole country.No lights no where
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i think he's said this kind of thing beforeObama says he will veto it once it comes across his desk.
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High Revolutionary wrote: »The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.
It's too educational.
damn thats some real ? ! too much info on here to be touched, too much interconnectedness....only a matter of time -
The Internet will never be gone, this ? is way too revolutionary. It's the present and future.
Conspiracy nuts need to re-? -lax -
The Internet will never be gone, this ? is way too revolutionary. It's the present and future.
Conspiracy nuts need to re-? -lax
But these old ? want America to return to 1950 -
For what lol? You can't stop technology, we will always advance, we will never go backwards.
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For what lol? You can't stop technology, we will always advance, we will never go backwards.
Everyone wants that but the people in power. Remember the I pod downloading issue 10 years ago? When the music industry suddenly fined people ridiculous amounts of money for downloading a few songs to make up for lost revenue? Its going to be a massive struggle to keep the internet free and open like it is now since this massive source of information is exposing all kinds of wrongdoing that out government is doing.
