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Is CISPA the new SOPA?
Thu, 04/26/2012 - 1:15pm | posted by Marshall McCart
The short answer to that is probably no, especially with recent amendments that have been added to address some of the privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Here is a write-up that details how things were looking at the first of the week.
And here is a more recent article that mentions the amendments and privacy concerns.
A few things from my perspective: Hats off to Obama who had said that he would definitely veto this bill as it stood without the amendments. And kudos to Ron Paul and several Democrats who really started to raise a stink about this, but most of all, this is another example of the People’s power by voicing their concerns and contacting their representation. This thing hasn’t been as big as the SOPA protests in January, but still—it’s nice to see.
Of course, this thing still sucks even with the amendments…we don’t need it, in my opinion. Let’s keep their feet to the fire. Contact your Representative immediately. It is scheduled to hit the House on Friday.
Things have progressed rather quickly. It passed the House last night basically along party lines(another example of the GOP sucking). Now it’s to the Senate. Contact your Senators ASAP: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/contacting…
As an aside, the line of the night belonged to Mr. Guam himself, Hank Johnson - “I know it is 2012, but it sure feels like 1984 in this House today. If you value liberty, privacy, and the Constitution, then you will vote no on CISPA.”
Personally, I wouldn’t put much faith in the Senate. Could it be our only hope is Obama? That doesn’t bode well for Liberty, either…
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Well, I agree with you Marshall, that we shouldn’t put any faith in the senate. SOPA actually Sucks. When everyone is on the Road and when people hold demonstrations they can’t do anything and they can’t stop people from using Free internet. The recent Statistics shows that people are very conscious now to get things done. Everyone is against SOPA POPA ;)
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