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"While the US government getting involved in Internet affairs is nothing new, it has only been three months since\u00A0SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)\u00A0kicked up dust and called attention to some potential threats to our civil liberties.\r\n\r\nCISPA, which has been called &amp;quot;the new SOPA&amp;quot; by Demand Progress, is now just starting to rear its ugly head and Facebook has opened up about it:\r\n\r\nThe company states that &amp;quot;Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act\u00A0(HR 3523), would make it easier for Facebook and other companies to receive critical threat data from the U.S. government.\u00A0Importantly, HR 3523 would impose no new obligations on [Facebook] to share data with anyone.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe problem here is that the new legislation would allow Facebook to share sensitive personal information with the government in the name of protecting cybersecurity.\u00A0In retort,\u00A0Facebook stated that it has &amp;quot;no intention of doing this and it is unrelated to the things [Facebook] liked about HR 3523 in the first place.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn other words, Facebook is basically saying &amp;quot;trust us.&amp;quot;\u00A0The problem is,\u00A0online privacy is truly being\u00A0put at risk\u00A0with this bill and Facebook is notoriously open about sharing, so it's not surprising that the company is behind it.\u00A0Facebook does say, however, that it has been &amp;quot;engaging directly with key lawmakers&amp;quot; about &amp;quot;potential changes to the bill.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFrom Facebook:\r\nThe overriding goal of any cybersecurity bill should be to protect the security of networks and private data, and we take any concerns about how legislation might negatively impact Internet users\u2019 privacy seriously. As a result, we\u2019ve been engaging directly with key lawmakers as well as industry and consumer groups about potential changes to the bill to help address privacy concerns.\r\nAlong with Demand Progress, The Center for Democracy and Technology also has\u00A0some serious concerns with CISPA.\u00A0You can read Facebook's complete message here.\u00A0For more, check out TNW's post on\u00A0what you need to know about CISPA."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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