It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. The House of Representatives was supposed to debate the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act last night (Thursday) and then vote on it today (Friday). As usual, though, Congress is trying to speed things up before the outcry over the questionable piece of legislation becomes to loud [...]

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If there’s one thing that’s become abundantly clear over the last few months, it’s that the internet won’t be completely safe until the government runs out of acronyms. Having safely defeated SOPA and PIPA, and fatally wounded ACTA, along comes CISPA. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), also known as H.R. [...]

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Well, that’s a relief.  Hold on a minute, everybody. Everything’s going to be OK now. Remember how all those blogs, websites, hacktivist groups, and legal experts were saying that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would be the end of the internet as we know it? You know, they were saying that it was the [...]

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