U.S. House Passes Controversial CISPA Cybersecurity Bill 248 To
168  Next Story   This afternoon, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence
Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a vote of 248 to 168.
Unlike SOPA, which focused on copyright violations, CISPA wants
to give Internet companies and the U.S. government the tools to
protect and defend themselves against cyber attacks by sharing
information with each other. Critics, however, argued that this
information sharing would be happening with very little
oversight and would put Americans’ privacy rights at risk.  Rep.
Jared Polis (D-Colo.), an outspoken critic of the bill, argued
that the bill would “waive every single privacy law ever enacted
in the name of cybersecurity. Allowing the military and NSA to
spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle
this country was founded on.”  Even though this bill has now
passed the House, chances are that it will not get through the
Senate. On Tuesday, the White Hous