House Passes Controversial Cyber Security Bill for Second Time

Privacy hawks vow to fight bill as it heads to Senate

Despite a veto threat by President Obama and a vigorous campaign by privacy hawks, the House of Representatives easily passed a controversial cyber security bill that would make it easier for companies and the government to share threat information.

The vote was 288-127 in favor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act known as Cispa, which never quite got the bad name that SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) did more than a year ago.

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