CISPA Amendments passed out of committee [telecom]

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Electronic Frontier Foundation APRIL 12, 2013 | BY MARK M. JAYCOX AND RAINEY REITMAN

Wednesday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence marked up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), the misguided "cybersecurity" bill that would create a gaping exception to existing privacy law while doing little to address palpable and pressing online security issues. The markup was held entirely behind closed doors - even though the issues being considered will have serious effects on the liberty of Internet users - and was passed out of the committee.

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