The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, sailed through the House last week in a vote of 288–127, despite fierce opposition from privacy advocates. Around 900 websites took part in an online blackout this week to protest the bill, which would make it easier for email and Internet service providers to share users’ personal information with the federal government. The legislation now moves to the Senate. If passed, the law could face a veto by President Obama, who said that he “remains concerned” that the legislation doesn’t do enough to force companies to remove “irrelevant personal information” when sending data to private-sector or government entities.
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