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Texas votes on its own CISPA-like cyber bill

EU Times — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:47 +0000

The biggest thing to come out of Texas may turn out to be a blow to Internet freedoms: legislators there are considering a bill that would compromise privacy on the Web for all residents of the Lone Star State. Lawmakers in the State Senate are expected to vote Monday on a bill that, if passed, […]

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Obama to bypass Congress on CISPA with cybersecurity executive order

EU Times — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:53:51 +0000

Unable to reach a deal with Congress, President Obama plans to use his power to exert executive actions against the will of lawmakers. The president will issue orders addressing controversial topics including cybersecurity. Although President Obama has issued fewer executive orders than any president in over 100 years, he is making extensive plans to change […]

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CISPA's back: Online espionage resurrect cybersecurity bill

EU Times — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:14:22 +0000

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have criticized the bill for violating privacy laws. The House Intelligence Committee’s Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and ranking member Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) will attempt to […]

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Homeland Security's Napolitano invokes 9/11 to push for CISPA 2.0

EU Times — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:17:23 +0000

In an attempt to scare the public with a looming cyber attack on US infrastructure, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is once again pushing Congress to pass legislation allowing the government to have greater control over the Internet. Napolitano issued the warnings Thursday, claiming that inaction could result in a “cyber 9/11” attack that […]

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Reddit co-founder slams Facebook over CISPA support

EU Times — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:51:35 +0000

Facebook is expected to make billions when the social networking site goes public, but one of the most influential men on the Web says he won’t be buying stock. The founder of Reddit has denounced Facebook over their support of CISPA. In an interview with CNN this week, Reddit.com co-founder Alex Ohanian explains that he […]

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Firefox creators Mozilla attack Congress; denounce CISPA

EU Times — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:49:34 +0000

Silicon Valley’s Mozilla Corporation has tasked themselves with extinguishing a fire, and no, it’s not what you have in mind. Mozilla, the Mountain View, California-based developers responsible for creating the hugely successful Firefox Web browser, has issued a statement publically condemning the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA. In a memo sent to […]

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Anonymous takes to the streets to protest CISPA

EU Times — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:55:25 +0000

Anonymous is taking its battle against CISPA to the streets. A video titled “Operation Defense. Phase II” calls on Americans to organize protests at the local offices of companies that supported the controversial bill recently adopted by the House. In a video, released by “The Anonymous Message” YouTube channel, the group admits that distributed denial […]

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US House passes CISPA bill meant to control the Internet

EU Times — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:58:13 +0000

The House of Representatives has approved Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act with a vote count of 248-168. The bill is now headed for the Senate. President Barack Obama will be able to sign or cancel it pending Senate approval. Initially slated to vote on the bill Friday, the House of Representatives decided to pass […]

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White House 'strongly opposes' CISPA, threateans to veto

EU Times — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:42:01 +0000

Congress is slated to vote this week on America’s most controversial bill in waiting — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. But now the president’s advisers say they will recommend Obama vetoes CISPA if it makes it to the White House. Following comments this week from within the Obama administration that suggested that the […]

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Netflix creates pro-SOPA super-PAC

EU Times — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:28:09 +0000

As United States lawmakers continue to consider anti-piracy legislation in Congress, they’ve found an ally in Netflix. Now the streaming content giant has created its own super PAC, whose main goal is to promote SOPA-like legislation. Hollywood and record industry support didn’t help Congress get SOPA and PIPA to pass the House and Senate, but […]

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Worse than SOPA: CISPA cybersecurity bill will censor the Internet

EU Times — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:25:39 +0000

An onrush of condemnation and criticism kept the SOPA and PIPA acts from passing earlier this year, but US lawmakers have already authored another authoritarian bill that could give them free reign to creep the Web in the name of cybersecurity. As congressmen in Washington consider how to handle the ongoing issue of cyberattacks, some […]

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