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Facebook Says It Has 'No Intention' To Abuse CISPA

Posted by timothy on from the but-anything-could-happen-by-accident dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook is supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). SOPA and PIPA were about intellectual property, and allowed courts to remove DNS listings for any website hosting pirated content. CISPA is meanwhile about security, and makes it possible for companies to share user information with the U.S. government (and vice versa) if the parties believe it is needed for the greater cyber security good. That being said, CISPA has loopholes that allow it to be abused, especially when it comes to Intellectual Property and privacy. Facebook says it will not do that, and will instead work on closing these loopholes."

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  1. Because, Lord knows... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...you can trust Facebook when it comes to privacy!

    1. Re:Because, Lord knows... by jo42 · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Facebook, invading your privacy since 2004".

      - Mark Douchebagberg

    2. Re:Because, Lord knows... by icebraining · · Score: 4, Informative

      Facebook was found to be tracking users even those without an account across websites with the button. Yes, very "willingly giving away" /s

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  2. Re:Yeah, yeah, yeah .... by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, you do some weird shit with Facebook...

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  3. So, shouldn't they OPPOSE CISPA? by Giant+Electronic+Bra · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't give your support to something that is broken, you oppose it and negotiate the bad parts out. How exactly by supporting this thing do they think they're going to get it changed? This is Bullshit. If I was Mr Zuckerberg I'd be careful what I wish for...

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