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House to vote on CISPA next week despite being horribly flawed after secret committee markup

Despite the fact that the secret markup of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) left most of the problems unsolved, the House is still slated to vote on the flawed legislation next week, potentially allowing the total destruction of what little online privacy remains.

Unfortunately this is precisely the same situation we were presented with almost a year ago when it was similarly dangerous. Of course CISPA still enjoys massive corporate support as it did last year, according to the International Business Times.

Today Michelle Richardson, Legislative Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office pointed out that while CISPA’s sponsors and corporate backers claim “that all privacy and civil liberties problems have been solved,” this is nowhere near the truth.

During the markup process, only three of the four major categories of problems with CISPA were addressed, according to the ACLU.

The fix for the potential of widespread sharing of information under CISPA offered by Rep. Jan Schakowsky failed.

The limiting of the personal information that can be shared under CISPA offered by Rep. Adam Schiff also failed.

More at EndtheLie.com - http://EndtheLie.com/2013/04/12/house-to-vote-on-cispa-next-week-despite-being-horribly-flawed-after-secret-committee-markup/#ixzz2QNMEK6y7