Tiffiniy from Fight for the Future (standard-bearers in the fight against SOPA) writes,
Congressional hero of the SOPA wars, Senator Wyden, said about cyber
security legislation (CISPA and Lieberman-Collins) that is expected to
be taken up and passed in early June:
"I believe these bills will encourage the development of an industry
that profits from fear and whose currency is Americans' private data.
These bills create a cyber industrial complex that has an interest in
preserving the problem to which it is the solution."
Furthermore, privacy is awesome -- it lets you be yourself without
fear of unjust scrutiny. But, these bills would end meaningful
privacy and install meaningful surveillance. But, we can change the
game: www.privacyisawesome.com.
CISPA passed the house recently. That seems like a blow, but unless a
similar bill passes the Senate, that means nothing. We have one week to
kill CISPA indefinitely.
The playbook for this is rolling out today. If we can get senators to
just stop and think for a minute before they vote on the bill, the clock
will run out on it. To do that, we need to call Senate offices in the
thousands requesting meeting at and information on Memorial Day events
and during the Senators' recess, and get meetings in every state.
We're looking for people who can help keep building the movement for internet freedom, and who want to help stop CISPA.
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