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 "kill 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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HyenaKilla

There's a war going on inside no man is safe from.....

BK Product

Wow thats some bullshit...!!!

BK Product

should post this in GNS you'll get more hits...

Wild Self

Man, these old fucks will not quit whatsoever.

pralims

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

ScumbagSwag

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

High Revolutionary

The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.

It's too educational.

BK Product

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

LMAoOOOoo

High Revolutionary wrote: »

The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.

It's too educational.

REALTALK.COM

ScumbagSwag

as educational as the internet is , theres also alot of bullshit too. you gotta know where to look and how to disseminate though

BK Product

^ same with books and tv shows, music and just about anything else...there has to be balance

lordhonka2

anybody got any info on the author of the billl. why they trying so hard

Wild Self

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 shit that I would have NEVER discovered. From health to news to government CIA shit, it literally changed me for the better. Damn shame that these old fucks in Congress try to censor it.

Soloman the Wise

if they control the information and they control the flow of knowledge then power is held by those who control all the secrets...

VIBE

House has passed it so far, Obama says he will veto it once it comes across his desk.

loch121

Fuck around and Anonymous shut down the whole country.No lights no where

janklow

VIBE wrote: »

Obama says he will veto it once it comes across his desk.

i think he's said this kind of thing before

freehuey89

High Revolutionary wrote: »

The internet, as we know it, is on borrowed time.

It's too educational.

damn thats some real shit! too much info on here to be touched, too much interconnectedness....only a matter of time

VIBE

The Internet will never be gone, this shit is way too revolutionary. It's the present and future.

Conspiracy nuts need to re-fuckin-lax

Wild Self

VIBE wrote: »

The Internet will never be gone, this shit is way too revolutionary. It's the present and future.

Conspiracy nuts need to re-fuckin-lax

But these old fucks want America to return to 1950

VIBE

For what lol? You can't stop technology, we will always advance, we will never go backwards.

Wild Self

VIBE wrote: »

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.