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- Posted: Wed, 02 May 2012 10:24:46 +0000
Stop discussing abortion, stop discussing rape, lets break away from the cliche topics for a moment or two. I'm getting a bit nervous about the general lack of interest here.
For people who don't know what CIPSA is I worked out a very general outline on it. If you know what it is keep scrolling.
Here's the most basic bill definition according to the bill, which by the way passed the House on Thursday:
Basic Definition.
Here's the bill in it's entirety, but you don't want to read all that. Other people have already picked it apart, and there are a few notable facts on this bill.
Like SOPA, CIPSA allows monitoring, censorship and alteration of any online communication... instead it isn't limited solely to copy written material.
This bill allows companies to share content anyone posts as long as they deem it a "cyber threat." What is a cyber threat? According to the bill:
"Efforts to harm public and private systems and networks
Theft or wrongful possession of public or private data, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information"
That seems pretty vague. But no, wait! Lets broaden the definition further with this amendment (that also passed) that will also allow the sharing of information pertaining to various cyber crimes.
This includes the protection of individuals from "death or serious bodily harm," and other typical measures the police will take to justify their actions, lets throw in the mantra 'FOR THE CHILDREN' to get those moms on board, and obviously, "to protect the national security of the United States."
I don't like the way this sounds, or rather the way it doesn't sound. This ambiguous definition is a huge flare going off in my mind. Almost anything can be taken out of context to fit within those guidelines. Plus I like my rights. This bill requires no warrants, no red tape, nothing.
Not only that, but big corporations like Google and Facebook (who were originally against SOPA if you remember) are supporting this bill. I imagine those lobbyists are getting pretty tired of throwing out money to politicians by now.
The potential ramifications of this bill directly affect you.
I got a lot of my information from this article ...here.
How can we make it clear to the government that they serve the people, not big business? Anyone have anything else to contribute? I'm trying to spread a bit of awareness where I saw none before.
edit: I had to tweak the intro and the title since I've been informed mine was 'misleading.'
For people who don't know what CIPSA is I worked out a very general outline on it. If you know what it is keep scrolling.
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Here's the most basic bill definition according to the bill, which by the way passed the House on Thursday:
Basic Definition.
Here's the bill in it's entirety, but you don't want to read all that. Other people have already picked it apart, and there are a few notable facts on this bill.
Like SOPA, CIPSA allows monitoring, censorship and alteration of any online communication... instead it isn't limited solely to copy written material.
This bill allows companies to share content anyone posts as long as they deem it a "cyber threat." What is a cyber threat? According to the bill:
"Efforts to harm public and private systems and networks
Theft or wrongful possession of public or private data, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information"
That seems pretty vague. But no, wait! Lets broaden the definition further with this amendment (that also passed) that will also allow the sharing of information pertaining to various cyber crimes.
This includes the protection of individuals from "death or serious bodily harm," and other typical measures the police will take to justify their actions, lets throw in the mantra 'FOR THE CHILDREN' to get those moms on board, and obviously, "to protect the national security of the United States."
I don't like the way this sounds, or rather the way it doesn't sound. This ambiguous definition is a huge flare going off in my mind. Almost anything can be taken out of context to fit within those guidelines. Plus I like my rights. This bill requires no warrants, no red tape, nothing.
Not only that, but big corporations like Google and Facebook (who were originally against SOPA if you remember) are supporting this bill. I imagine those lobbyists are getting pretty tired of throwing out money to politicians by now.
The potential ramifications of this bill directly affect you.
I got a lot of my information from this article ...here.
How can we make it clear to the government that they serve the people, not big business? Anyone have anything else to contribute? I'm trying to spread a bit of awareness where I saw none before.
edit: I had to tweak the intro and the title since I've been informed mine was 'misleading.'
