Signal boost! CISPA is the new SOPA
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Here's their next move: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, would obliterate any semblance of online privacy in the United States.
And CISPA would provide a victory for content owners who were shell-shocked by the unprecedented outpouring of activism in opposition to SOPA and Internet censorship.
The House of Representatives is planning to take up CISPA later this month. Click here to ask your lawmakers to oppose it.
SOPA was pushed as a remedy to the supposed economic threat of online piracy -- but economic fear-mongering didn't quite do the trick.
So those concerned about copyright are engaging in sleight of hand, appending their legislation to a bill that most Americans will assume is about keeping them safe from bad guys.
This so-called cyber security bill aims to prevent theft of "government information" and "intellectual property" and could let ISPs block your access to websites -- or the whole Internet.
Don't let them push this back-door SOPA. Click here to demand that your lawmakers oppose CISPA.
CISPA also encourages companies to share information about you with the government and other corporations.
That data could then be used for just about anything -- from prosecuting crimes to ad placements.
And perhaps worst of all, CISPA supercedes all other online privacy protections.
Please click here to urge your lawmakers to oppose CISPA when it comes up for a vote this month.
Thanks for fighting for the Internet.
-Demand Progress
[Someone else's letter]: designed for a conservative group of elected officials in until-last-November blue state Wisconsin. YMMV, but I think it hits them where it counts (the talking point about A Liberal Conspiracy Against Their Re-Election) without getting dirty. Warning for patriotic hornblowing.
"CISPA would obliterate privacy protections online and let ISPs block Americans' access to websites -- like SOPA in a more insidious and subtle form. This nation was founded on the will of the people, and its first Constitutional Amendment includes measures preserving our right to free speech and peaceful public assembly. It is impossible to ignore the fact that many Americans, including those in high political office, "assemble" and "speak" on the internet as impactfully as they do in other forums.
"Please vote against CISPA. You'll not only be upholding the will of your constituents, who were among the US majority who protested against SOPA, but protecting the freedoms of voters to come. If you truly feel forces are organized against your candidacy and that they question your motives in office, then you must defend the ability of your supporters to discuss those issues in public without third-party editing. Thank you for your time and attention."
shutyourface at CISPA is the new SOPA
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doitninetimes at CISPA is the new SOPA
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zillahseye at CISPA is the new SOPA
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mickeym at CISPA is the new SOPA
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arliss at CISPA is the new SOPA
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nrrrdy_grrrl at CISPA is the new SOPA
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lk737 at CISPA is the new SOPA
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aimmyarrowshigh at CISPA is the new SOPA
Here's their next move: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, would obliterate any semblance of online privacy in the United States.
And CISPA would provide a victory for content owners who were shell-shocked by the unprecedented outpouring of activism in opposition to SOPA and Internet censorship.
The House of Representatives is planning to take up CISPA later this month. Click here to ask your lawmakers to oppose it.
SOPA was pushed as a remedy to the supposed economic threat of online piracy -- but economic fear-mongering didn't quite do the trick.
So those concerned about copyright are engaging in sleight of hand, appending their legislation to a bill that most Americans will assume is about keeping them safe from bad guys.
This so-called cyber security bill aims to prevent theft of "government information" and "intellectual property" and could let ISPs block your access to websites -- or the whole Internet.
Don't let them push this back-door SOPA. Click here to demand that your lawmakers oppose CISPA.
CISPA also encourages companies to share information about you with the government and other corporations.
That data could then be used for just about anything -- from prosecuting crimes to ad placements.
And perhaps worst of all, CISPA supercedes all other online privacy protections.
Please click here to urge your lawmakers to oppose CISPA when it comes up for a vote this month.
Thanks for fighting for the Internet.
-Demand Progress
[Someone else's letter]: designed for a conservative group of elected officials in until-last-November blue state Wisconsin. YMMV, but I think it hits them where it counts (the talking point about A Liberal Conspiracy Against Their Re-Election) without getting dirty. Warning for patriotic hornblowing.
"CISPA would obliterate privacy protections online and let ISPs block Americans' access to websites -- like SOPA in a more insidious and subtle form. This nation was founded on the will of the people, and its first Constitutional Amendment includes measures preserving our right to free speech and peaceful public assembly. It is impossible to ignore the fact that many Americans, including those in high political office, "assemble" and "speak" on the internet as impactfully as they do in other forums.
"Please vote against CISPA. You'll not only be upholding the will of your constituents, who were among the US majority who protested against SOPA, but protecting the freedoms of voters to come. If you truly feel forces are organized against your candidacy and that they question your motives in office, then you must defend the ability of your supporters to discuss those issues in public without third-party editing. Thank you for your time and attention."