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‘Despite growing resistance to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, CISPA has cleared its first legislative hurdle. But the battle over the widely-criticized information-sharing bill is just heating up.’

Read more- As House Passes CISPA, The Fight Is Just Beginning

‘Congress is seriously considering a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Intended to allow information-sharing both between corporations and between corporations and the government, it presents serious dangers to individual privacy.’

Read more- CISPA: 6 Things You Need to Know About the Government’s New Spy Law

‘Foes of controversial legislation rally before expected vote next week, with scant success so far: latest draft still allows Internet companies to share customer data and communications with the National Security Agency.’

Read more: CISPA gets a rewrite but still threatens Americans’s Privacy

‘Two young Tunisians have been sentenced to seven years in prison for posting cartoons of the naked prophet Mohammad on Facebook, in a case that has fueled allegations the country’s new Islamist leaders are gagging free speech.’

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‘This week’s revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet companies have been taking liberties with customer data have prompted criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers, along with apologies from the companies.’

Read more: Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears

‘Early Friday, several websites owned and operated by the US government were defaced as part of latest protest against online censorship. Anonymous, the elusive hacktivist group known for masterminding similar assaults, is taking credit.’

Read more: Anonymous takes down government sites in massive anti-ACTA attack

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law - Aristotle

‘First there was SOPA, then there was PIPA. The Internet beat those back. Then along came ACTA inciting protests around the world. Up next is something far worse and far more secret – the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

For those that don’t know about TPP, which is probably a large majority of the population, it’s a treaty being devised by the U.S. with eight other countries in the Pacific including Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalem and Vietnam. What many people consider to be the most dangerous thing about TPP is that the negotiations for it are being conducted in absolute secrecy. The public is not being allowed to be involved with the process of this all too important treaty.’

Read more: Secret Internet Legislation: Is TPP Worse Than SOPA, PIPA & ACTA?

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