A controversial cyber security Act CISPA is now a step closer to becoming law, following US Congress approval. The process now heads to the Senate, although the White House had already threatened to veto the bill. Internet users slammed the proposal accusing it of breaching American's privacy. Critics point to the fact that the act could eclipse all existing laws protecting people's privacy. RT's Gayane Chichyakyan reports from Washington. And Declan McCullagh, correspondent from C-net news, says it's the most alarming part of the bill.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis
Friday, April 27, 2012
CISPA Passes House, Supporter by Internet Providers
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act was passed by the House yesterday. From Russia Today:
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Civil Liberties,
Privacy
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