CISPA is back with a new name
Just so you know, they're pulling the same kind of shit over here in the UK: "emergency powers" being pushed through with barely a debate by an unelected PM, his lapdog deputy in the Lib Dems, and a weak opposition, with tripartisan support thanks to the party whips. No one even really knows or understands what they're agreeing to, the "temporary" shouldn't fool anyone as it can be extended (and it would be an 'emergency' not to, wouldn't it?) - and the real kicker is that the "emergency" is the EU courts have ruled the UK's existing mass data retention laws contravene our human rights, so the UK Government's response is to… pass <i>another</i> mass data retention law as a matter of urgency, explicitly before ISPs start deleting (unlawfully collected) data.<p><i>What the fuck.</i> Sometimes politicians just disgust me. We could use some help over here too - Pirate Party UK, maybe, or the Green Party?