There’s been a lot of talk over the past few months about the government
and your internet usage. CISPA, internet taxing, government monitoring, cyber
security, privacy, piracy? What is it all? What’s been done? What could and
should be done?
The
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
(CISPA)
was a proposed law in the United States which would have allowed for the sharing
of Internet traffic information between the government and technology and
manufacturing companies. The idea was to help the U.S government
investigate cyber threats and ensure the security of networks against cyber
attacks.
The bill passed the House of Representatives, though
currently seems stalled in the Senate largely due to public outcry from
civil liberty and privacy groups, and the threat of a veto from President Obama.
Nonetheless, large technology, finance and telecommunications companies have
thrown a lot of lobbying weight and money behind the bill.
Experts say that the idea of CISPA is a good one. Protect us from cyber
threats. But it’s the broad nature of CISPA that the same experts have issues
with. The concern is that giving the government and big companies too much
leeway will result in privacy issues.
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