The MPAA and RIAA are back for round two. And this time they're hiding behind terrorism.
The bill's basics?
ISPs have to send and forward all IMs, emails, and other communications directly to the government... and give the government the ability to block any "threat" they so determine.
The EFF is against this bill. The ACLU is against this bill. Groups like the Sunlight Foundation point out that all information exchanged between the government and private entities is not subject to FOIA requests ... so you will never know what was and was not shared about you to the government. The mounting scrutiny has already produced some amendments to try and stop the mounting protests, and give you a feel for some of the horrors contained therein. Present amendments which have NOT yet been approved:
1) Require the government to only use its information for cybersecurity and states that companies don't have to participate
2) The government can't make quid-pro-quo deals, where companies only get information if they share back.
3) An annual review of information sharing by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. (Sounds weak and DMCA-ish)
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3523/news_blogs
Better still, the reason this one is moving so rapidly is the nod of approval was given from AT&T, Facebook, Intel, IBM, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, and Verizon beforehand. Ready to turn over the entire contents of your Facebook account to the government, comrade??
It already has over 100 co-sponsors. Here is your hall of shame:
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R, MI-1]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
Del. Madeleine Bordallo [D, GU-0]
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
Rep. Mo Brooks [R, AL-5]
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] <-- WTF Paul?
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R, CO-6]
Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R, TX-11]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
Rep. Rick Crawford [R, AR-1]
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann [R, TN-3]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R, VA-4]
Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2]
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R, VA-9]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R, NY-13]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R, KY-2]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R, MO-4]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]
Rep. Joe Heck [R, NV-3]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R, MI-2]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R, IL-14]
Rep. Robert Hurt [R, VA-5]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
Rep. Bill Johnson [R, OH-6]
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R, IL-11]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D, NC-8]
Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R, NJ-7]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. Robert Latta [R, OH-5]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R, NC-10]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. David McKinley [R, WV-1]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R, PA-7]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1]
Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42]
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R, SD-0]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21]
Rep. Pete Olson [R, TX-22]
Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R, KS-4]
Rep. Ben Quayle [R, AZ-3]
Rep. Phil Roe [R, TN-1]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R, FL-16]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Jon Runyan [R, NJ-3]
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Steve Scalise [R, LA-1]
Rep. Aaron Schock [R, IL-18]
Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3]
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R, OH-15]
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1]
Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3]
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
Rep. Rob Wittman [R, VA-1]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
Rep. Rob Woodall [R, GA-7]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R, KS-3]
