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House Passes CISPA

wiedzmin writes "The House approved Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act with a 248 to 168 vote today. CISPA allows internet service providers to share Internet 'threat' information with government agencies, including DHS and NSA, without having to protect any personally identifying data of its customers, without a court order. It effectively immunizes ISPs from privacy lawsuits for disclosing customer information, grants them anti-trust protection on colluding on cybersecurity issues and allows them to bypass privacy laws when sharing data with each other."

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  1. House of Representatives by game+kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    House of Representatives, for peculiar values of "Representatives".

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  2. Re:"Not voting" by misexistentialist · · Score: 2, Funny

    He probably just forgot to vote! He's almost 80

  3. Re:Yes, I will tell you that by Princeofcups · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jesus H. Christ. Here is a very clear-cut case, having practically nothing to do with either entitlements or war, in which a strong majority of Democrats voted against expanding the power of the state, and a strong majority of Republicans voted for it. Just out of curiosity, is there anything that could convince you that there's a meaningful difference between the parties?

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  4. Re:Treason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Excellent argument. Thank you for your input.

  5. Re:Sad Little People by SuperTechnoNerd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now you have done it. Here comes the feds!