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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Redrafted US cyber security act could still
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Thu Jul 26 20:04:28 2012
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:37:22 -0700
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Redrafted US cyber security act could still threaten internet freedom
http://j.mp/OOcEZQ (Computing UK)
The latest draft of the US Cybersecurity Act could restrict internet
freedom and result in the prosecutions of ISPs and peer-to-peer media
sharers. The Act failed to pass in February 2012, but Senator Joseph
Lieberman and his supporters have returned with a redraft, which they
want passed as quickly as possible in order to address the "clear and
present danger" of cyber criminality and aggression. Critics,
however, believe alterations to the bill that promise a
"public-private partnership" may actually represent a more serious
problem for those the bill may be enforced against, arguing that there
are echoes of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the similar
Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) lurking within the
"compromise" Lieberman offers.
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