. . LAW : TECHNOLOGY : INTERNET : SECURITY : PRIVACY : CENSORSHIP: Online Spying, Brought to You by Facebook . . Online Spying, Brought to You by Facebook Josh Levy. Internet Campaign Director, Free Press April 15, 2012 Huffington Posthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-levy/ online-spying-brought-to-_b_1421837.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/cbra9ot . .CISPA would allow companies and the government to bypass privacy protections and share all sorts of information about what Americans do online. The legislation makes it far easier for authorities and private companies to spy on your email traffic, comb through your mobile texts, filter your online content and even block access to popular websites.
.You'd think online services would oppose something like this -- but in fact Facebook, Microsoft and others support it. Under CISPA, they wouldnt be required to share any information about their users with authorities. But if they chose to do so, the bill would protect them from any legal blowback.
.The bill would have a chilling effect on free speech -- creating an environment in which we refrain from posting on Facebook, conducting Web searches, sending emails, writing blog posts or communicating online for fear that the National Security Agency -- the same agency that's conducted online warrantless wiretapping for years -- could come knocking. (Go here to learn more about the bill and to take action to stop it.)
.If this bill passes, authorities wont have to worry about pesky privacy laws getting in the way the next time they want to grab your Facebook history or search through your email. All theyll need is the vague sense that the information relates to a cyber threat -- a poorly defined concept in the bill. And youll never know they shared that information.
.CISPA's broad language could lead all too easily to governmental and corporate attacks on our right to speak freely online -- and companies like Facebook are all too happy to play along. While there is a real need to protect vital national interests from cyber attacks, we can't do it at the expense of our basic civil rights.
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