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ACTA Mobilization, And Beyond. Paris, April 19th, 2012 - In the next few weeks, the EU Parliament will continue to work on ACTA, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, ahead of its final vote around the summer.

ACTA Mobilization, And Beyond

This is a crucial moment for the citizen mobilization against ACTA, which will have to resist the growing pressure that the copyright lobbies put on the Parliament. Beyond the rejection of ACTA, the whole EU copyright enforcement policy needs to be revised. Privacy Advocates vs. The Government: Why CISPA Will Become Law. Have you heard about CISPA?

Privacy Advocates vs. The Government: Why CISPA Will Become Law

It’s the acronym for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. CISPA is being likened to the now-moribund SOPA and PIPA bills smothered by Congress after widespread public opposition. However, only opponents see similarities. COME TOGETHER TO STOP CISPA! WHAT IS CISPA? The. Anonymous targeting Intel, Facebook, more over CISPA. Anonymous is currently conducting a two-stage attack on businesses and advocacy groups supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).

Anonymous targeting Intel, Facebook, more over CISPA

On Thursday, Anonymous uploaded a new video on YouTube announcing that it plans to attack AT&T, Facebook, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and numerous others who are openly supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The attack will begin on May 1 and consist of not only the typical DDoS assault, but of coordinated physical protests outside locations belonging to the thirty corporations on its list. Essentially the proposed law will allow corporations and the government to share cyber-security information between each other more easily. More specifically, it would give the government “additional options and resources to ensure the security of networks against attacks and enforce copyright and patents.”

MASS CISPA DoX! @7han0s. Facebook embarrassé par son propre soutien à la loi CISPA. « Pour réussir à nous défendre contre les individus malveillants, il est nécessaire que nous ayons des renseignements utiles sur les cyber-menaces. » Dans un message publié vendredi 13 avril sur le réseau social , Facebook a justifié son soutien au projet de loi CISPA.

Facebook embarrassé par son propre soutien à la loi CISPA

. « Grâce à certain nombre de projets de loi actuellement à l’étude au Congrès, parmi lesquels le Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), il serait plus facile pour Facebook et d’autres entreprises de recevoir les données sensibles dont dispose le gouvernement » , plaide la firme de Mark Zuckerberg.

Une position partagée par d’autres grands acteurs de l’Internet et des télécoms, comme AT&T;, Intel, Microsoft, IBM ou Verizon, et par plus d’une centaine de membres du Congrès, essentiellement républicains. Échanges de données public/privé Censure et atteinte à la vie privée L’opposition n’a pas tardé à se faire entendre Facebook tente l'apaisement D’où l’embarras de Facebook Lire les réactions à cet article. U.S. civil liberties groups launch online protest against CISPA cybersecurity bill.

Internet-wide protests against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) launched Monday, April 16, as civil liberties organizations fight to stop the controversial bill that critics say threatens free speech, erodes online privacy and encourages companies to share users' private information with the government, reported Reporters Without Borders.

U.S. civil liberties groups launch online protest against CISPA cybersecurity bill

The cybersecurity bill's supporters say the legislation is meant to protect national security and prevent cyberattacks on computer networks, according to Mashable. “Freedom of expression and the protection of online privacy are increasingly under threat in democratic countries, where a series of bills and draft laws is sacrificing them in the interests of national security or copyright,” Reporters Without Borders said in a statement. “A blanket monitoring system is never an appropriate solution. New EU ACTA reviewer also recommends not signing it, calls ACTA a threat to civil liberties. By Paul Biba From BoingBoing comes this article by Cory Doctorow, reprinted here under a Creative Commons license: ACTA is the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an extreme, far-reaching copyright treaty drafted in secret by industry and government trade reps, under a seal of confidentiality that even extended to Members of the European Parliament, who were not allowed to see what was being negotiated on their behalf.

New EU ACTA reviewer also recommends not signing it, calls ACTA a threat to civil liberties

In February, the EU rapporteur (a member of the European Parliament charged with investigating pending legislation and presenting it to Parliament) for ACTA handed in his report and resigned as rapporteur, concluding that the treaty was a disaster for privacy, fairness and human rights, and that the process by which it had been negotiated was hopelessly corrupt. He recommended that the EU reject the treaty. Unintended consequences of the ACTA text is a serious concern.

CISPA’s biggest problem: Trust. Earlier this week, I was invited to join in on a conference call with Reps.

CISPA’s biggest problem: Trust

Mike Rogers (R-MI) and C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD), co-authors and chief sponsors of the increasingly-contentious Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, better known as CISPA. After SOPA, PIPA, Why’s Facebook Liking CISPA? [UPDATED] The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act has a few things in common with the defeated Secure Online Information Privacy Act the Protect Internet Property Act besides rhyming acronyms, except that Facebook likes CISPA, despite very publicly hating SOPA and PIPA. Unfortunately, CISPA won’t enable Netflix to stream videos to U.S. customers on Facebook, which a precursor to SOPA and PIPA might have done if only the Senate hadn’t attempted to widen the scope of dropped a friendlier law passed by the House of Representatives last year.

Instead, CISPA, or H.R. 3523, tackles hacking, in the bad-guy sense of the term, not the white-hat wearing type that Facebook’s own corporate culture has made fashionable in all-night coding marathons. The bill amends the National Security Act of 1947 to grant access to any data regarding a so-called cyber-threat to not just the government but also private security agencies. The social network’s own Vice President of U.S. ‘We’ll protect your private data’: CISPA-embracing Facebook tries to calm users’ fears. Pushed by For-Profit Spy Lobby. A cyber security bill moving swiftly through Congress would give government intelligence agencies broad powers to work with private companies to share information about Internet users.

Pushed by For-Profit Spy Lobby

While some critics are beginning to organize online against the legislation, defense contractors, many already working with the National Security Agency on related data-mining projects, are lobbying to press forward. CISPA supporters list: 800+ companies that could help Uncle Sam snag your data. CISPA: All You Need to Know. This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance.

This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always.

Merrill, 39, who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider, told CNET that he's raising funds to launch a national "non-profit telecommunications provider dedicated to privacy, using ubiquitous encryption" that will sell mobile phone service and, for as little as $20 a month, Internet connectivity. The ISP would not merely employ every technological means at its disposal, including encryption and limited logging, to protect its customers. It would also -- and in practice this is likely more important -- challenge government surveillance demands of dubious legality or constitutionality. A decade of revelations has underlined the intimate relationship between many telecommunications companies and Washington officialdom.

Like the eavesdropping system that President George W. CISPA Infographic by Lumin Consulting - CISPA Is A Really Bad Bill, And Here's Why. Update: There is now a new draft of CISPA that has rendered some (though unfortunately not all) of this analysis obsolete. The forces behind HR 3523, the dangerous Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act which is going to move forward in Congress at the end of the month, are beginning to get cagey about the growing backlash from the internet community.

In an attempt to address some of the key concerns, the bill's authors, representatives Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger, hosted a conference call specifically geared at digital reporters. The invitation was for "Cyber Media and Cyber Bloggers" (seriously) and took place at 7am Silicon Valley time—thus demonstrating that they are totally in touch with the tech community. Anonymous starts anti-CISPA protests. HACKTIVISTS from Anonymous have started to protest against the US Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA).

CISPA sounds a lot like the proposed UK surveillance bill that will let the Government access communications data. Depending on who you listen to it's either the saviour of industry or a very bad thing, the latest SOPA. CISPA is SOPA 2.0: petition to stop it.