Controversial Cybersecurity Bill Headed for House Floor

Privacy advocates try to paint Cispa as new SOPA

A cybersecurity bill written to defend the nation's businesses against cyberattacks is headed for a House vote this week over the protests of Internet privacy advocates and some Democrats. 

Although opponents of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or Cispa, would like to paint the bill as another SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), the attack lacks a lot of punch because of support the bill is drawing from tech and telecom companies like IBM, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple. 

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