LIVE: Despite Significant Privacy Concerns, CISPA Passes in the US House
The US House of Representatives has once again passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), now the second time, by an overwhelming margin of 288 to 127. Despite major privacy concerns that exist in the bill, the crux of the issue boiled down to this: did the CISPA bill successfully addressed criticism from civil libertarians, and whether the threat of cyberattacks was grave enough to justify overriding lingering concerns. By the vote count, it’s obvious the US House thought it did. The goal of CISPA is to make it easier for private networks that come under cyber attack to share what they know with federal intelligence-gathering agencies like the NSA and FBI. The bills critics say that it allows the government to recklessly bypass privacy laws and give them carte blanche over your personal information.
On today’s Live NewsDesk Show with Kristin Feledy (see live stream below) we’ll be hearing from SiliconANGLE Contributing Editor John Casaretto. The ACLU and EFF have warned that the bill violates privacy rights and some amendments were added to the bill, we’ll ask John if any of these amendments addressed toe core privacy concerns. What is the next step? Are there any other obstacles involved?
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