CISPA: Why it’s not a good idea, at all
by seattleducation2011
Corporations and Congress with members who receive big bucks to promote and protect their business interests along with corporate/military interests, tried to push through legislation that would allow a greater ability for companies to access personal information of folks on the internet and yet protect the powers that be in complete secrecy through SOPA and ACTA. You can read a post that I wrote about ACTA at Stop ACTA NOW.
At first I considered going dark today on this blog as others will be doing in protest of CISPA but decided instead to post information on CISPA. This is yet another piece of legislation that would completely destroy any shred of privacy people have left who use twitter, Facebook and Google. There have been instances that governments have demanded information from twitter and Google on individuals but this takes it to the next step.
This concerns me not only as a citizen but also because I appreciate my right and privilege to post my observations and opinions freely on the internet and want others to feel comfortable providing their concerns here and elsewhere on the internet without fear. That’s what our