CISPA Act Passes House Despite Opposition
Despite strong opposition from freedom of speech advocates, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the CISPA Act, described as a controversial cyber threat information-sharing bill by according to an article in PC World. The CISPA Act Passed House of Representative by a majority vote despite Opposition from freedom of speech advocates. Ostensibly the bill is about protecting against copyright infringement. However, freedom of speech advocates fear that the Act’s broad Powers will be used to stifle unpopular political criticism.
The House on voted 288-127 to approve the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) this Thursday. The bill would allow U.S. intelligence agencies to share information defined to be a “cyber threat” with private companies. The Act would also shield protect companies that voluntarily share cyber threat information with each other or with government agencies from privacy lawsuits brought by customers affected.
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The bill still needs to be passed by the U.S. Senate before President Barack Obama signs off on the bill for final approval. The Senate declined to act on an earlier version of CISPA during the last session of Congress, and earlier this week, Obama’s advisors threatened a veto.
