Facebook unfriends CISPA cybersecurity bill over 'privacy'

CNet ^ | 3/14/13 | Declan McCullagh

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Facebook no longer supports a controversial federal cybersecurity bill that would let U.S. companies share personal information with government agencies in ways currently prohibited by privacy laws.

The social-networking company had previously applauded the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, which was reintroduced last month. Facebook Vice President Joel Kaplan wrote a letter (PDF) last February to Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, "to commend you on your legislation," and Rogers sent out his own press release noting Facebook's "strong support" for the bill.

But then groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Republican Liberty Caucus raised privacy alarms. . . .

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When even Facebook says, "whoa, that's too much invasion of people's privacy", you know it's bad.

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Dear Facebook, thanks for not sharing all our personal information with Big Brother, like you had originally planned.

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I hope it passes!

First of all, liberals hate it, so I'm for it.

Second, it's evil, and it gives us all more government. Liberals outnumber us, the sooner they get exactly what they want, the sooner some of those morons will realize what they want isn't a good idea.