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CISPA Passes House
Louis Peitzman · 04/26/12 07:24PMAs expected, the House has passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite objections from the Obama administration. The bill allows private companies and the federal government to share information in order to prevent cyber-attacks. (You can read Adrian Chen's far more eloquent explanation here.)
The Non-Geek's Guide to CISPA, the Cybersecurity Bill The Internet is Freaking Out Over
Adrian Chen · 04/26/12 11:00AMRemember the protest over the anti-piracy bill SOPA, which left Wikipedia black for a day and depressed the GPA of a large portion of the world's high school students? This week brings another internet freakout over a similarly geeky bill: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISPA). Non-geeks, here is what you need to know.