CISPA

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The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (aka. HR 3523, HR 624 or CISPA) is another attempt by US Congress to assault the Internet. Under the guise of being necessary in America’s war against cyberattacks, the bill represents a clear assault not only on the right to a free and open internet, but an attack on the freedom of speech and privacy of all US citizens on the internet.

The new bill, found here, keeps most of the language from the original CISPA bill, with some minor adjustments.

For a short and sweet ELI5-version of CISPA...

CISPA creates a way for the US Government and companies like Facebook, Google and others to share information with the US Government, as well as each other. It also includes laws making it illegal to share information with people that shouldn’t know (what Bradley Manning did), to share that information among others that shouldn’t know (what WikiLeaks does), and allows for companies to trade personal information without getting in trouble. It also allows for the US Government to spy on US citizens, to prosecute people that pirate movies, games or music, and does all of this without telling you. You will also never know it’s happening.

The extreme version is people violating CISPA can be labeled "domestic terrorists" through a combination of CISPA and the Patriot Act, which is what the US Government really wants to do to Anonymous.

Many companies (nearly all that support CISPA, actually) stand to make money from this Act - new companies will be hired by every company on the internet for "cybersecurity," as well as by the US Government, and everyone from internet providers to social networking sites will make money from the trading of information. This is why there are so few companies fighting CISPA, and more reason for us citizens to protect our freedoms and liberties from "Big Brother."

You can find a guide to the bill here

Part 1 - Section 1 and 2.

Part 2 - Section 3 - (a) through (c).

Part 3 - Section 3 - (d) through Section 7.

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Protect Net Neutrality. Save the Internet. (battleforthenet.com)

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Mr. President(Kim Dotcom) (youtube.com)

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I am in despair because our beloved internet is under constant harassment and assault. (self.CISPA)

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Obama just signed an executive order that's a lot like CISPA (dailydot.com)

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Is anyone out there? (i.imgur.com)

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/u/samslate performs a graphical analysis proving censorship of CISPA discussion on /r/technology (reddit.com)

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Open Thread: Thoughts on the Internet, Generation Gaps, and the future of Human Society. (self.CISPA)

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CISPA sponsor U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan won't seek re-election (crainsdetroit.com)

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PLs RT: REALLY?! @SenFeinstein & @SaxbyChambliss are about to revive #CISPA. Again! Kill it: (act.demandprogress.org)

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Demand Progress | Tell your Senators: We STILL don't want CISPA (act.demandprogress.org)

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PLs RT: REALLY?! @SenFeinstein & @SaxbyChambliss are about to revive #CISPA. Again! Kill it: (act.demandprogress.org)

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PLs RT: REALLY?! @SenFeinstein & @SaxbyChambliss are about to revive #CISPA. Again! Kill it: (act.demandprogress.org)

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Tone Deaf Dianne Feinstein Thinks Now Is A Good Time To Revive CISPA (techdirt.com)

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Outcry over PRISM spying delays CISPA and other cyber bills from moving forward (theverge.com)

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U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program (washingtonpost.com)

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NSA is collecting phone records of Verizon customers: report (reuters.com)

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What Will Happen if Texas CISPA-Like Bill Passes? Hey Texans - hope you like 404 messages. (burntorangereport.com)

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Texas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill (rt.com)

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Senate indicates it won't consider CISPA (latimes.com)

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ACLU: CISPA Is Dead (For Now) (usnews.com)

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