TYT: CISPA - Corporations Buy Politicians and Your Privacy

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"activists and Internet users protesting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act -- a cybersecurity bill that passed the House of Representatives Thursday -- have spun the battle as big business interests versus the privacy of individual citizens. If lobbying dollars are anything to go by, they're right: Pro-CISPA businesses and interests have spent 140 times more money on lobbying than anti-CISPA interests, according to the Sunlight Foundation."*

CISPA passed overwhelmingly in the house, despite its promise to allow corporations and the government access to your private data, completely unchecked. It's no wonder after seeing how much money was poured into lobbying for the invasive bill, and who stands to profit. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down with Kim Horcher (Nerd Alert).

#0 Sez: "This is why CISPA - or next year's version of it - will pass."

[djean111]

1. I have read that there is a provision in CISPA that gives prospective employers the right to ask for

passwords to social websites. WTF?????????

[sharp_stick]

2. The Senate doesn't seem all that inclined

to bring it up and I'm hoping it stays that way. Media has been pretty aggressive and successful in buying congressassholes for a yea vote but I'm hoping that Senate leadership takes a good long look at the promised veto and tells the House to fuck off.