Article Comparison # 4 - SOPA, PIPA and now CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act)

Article 1
"CISPA Monitoring Bill: Changes Proposed, but Unlikely to Pacify Critics"
April 17, 2012http://www.pcworld.com/article/253948/cispa_monitoring_bill_changes_proposed_but_unlikely_to_pacify_critics.html

Article 2
"We Said 'So Long' To SOPA -- Should We Be Worrying About CISPA Now?"
April 13, 2012
http://consumerist.com/2012/04/we-said-so-long-to-sopa----should-we-be-worrying-about-cispa-now.html

Article 3
"Facebook Defends Support for Cybersecurity Bill CISPA"
April 13, 2012
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403036,00.asp



Notes 

• According to Article 2, It allows "cyber entities" (such as Internet service providers, social networks like Facebook and cell phone companies like AT&T) to circumvent Internet privacy laws when they're pressured by Homeland Security to hand over or shut down — well, almost anything of yours online that the government wants, no warrant needed.

• Article 2 states that the bill's sponsor Michigan's Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is trying to convince the media that CISPA isn't anything like SOPA. 

• Article 3 states Facebook supports CISPA because it is supposedly they would have no obligation to share information about a cyber attack and it's purely voluntary.

• Article 1 explains supporters of CISPA say it's intended to allow private companies and the government to communicate in the event of a cyber threat. Detractors, however, argue that it will simply make it easier for the feds to get their hands on users' personal information.