Anti-CISPA petitions and related stuff

Exactly what it says on the tin. Taken from the main link post, but made separate for easy access. Feel free to comment on here if there's anything I've missed. (NB: This comes with all the usual caveats about the effectiveness of such actions)

Avaaz - Save the internet from the US

Avaaz Contact tool for IBM, Microsoft and Facebook

Demand Progress: Tell Facebook: Withaw your support for CISPA

Demand Progress: CISPA Is The New SOPA: Help Kill It

EFF: Stop Cyber Spying

Access: Tell Web Companies: Protect Our Privacy


There's also an interesting round up over at Digital Trends here.

Stuff about CISPA

Update: The cybersecurity definitions have been tightened up a bit in the new draft, but the civil liberties issue still remains.(see bottom for the links)

Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. Going to try to keep up a directory here, probably updated daily between around 1500-1800 British Summer Time. This won't be comprehensive, and I don't agree with everything these say, but I hope it's a starting point for people looking for more information on CISPA. If there's anything you think I've missed, feel free to add it in the comments.

The Wikipedia Page for CISPA
Blogs dedicated to it:
STOP CISPA (blogspot)

Facebook pages:
"Stop Cispa - delete your account" on Facebook
"Stop C.I.S.P.A, The new US Anti-Privacy bill" on Facebook
Statement from Facebook on why it supports CISPA.

Digital Trends: CISPA supporters list: 800+ companies that could help Uncle Sam snag your data

Boing Boing's CISPA tag
The CISPA tag on tumblr
Lumin Consulting's Infographic
Thought Things: Why I'm deleting my Facebook account (soon)

ZDNet: After denouncing SOPA and PIPA, how can Facebook support CISPA?

Techdirt: CISPA is a really bad bill and here's why

CNET: Say 'hello' to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA

AlterNet: Revealed: CISPA -- Internet Spying Law -- Pushed by For-Profit Spy Lobby
Gigaom: It's imperfect, but CISPA isn't the devil in disguise
Xato: Did the EFF Get it Wrong on CISPA?
PC World: CISPA Monitoring Bill: Just the facts

Avaaz - Save the internet from the US

Demand Progress: Tell Facebook: Withaw your support for CISPA

Demand Progress: CISPA Is The New SOPA: Help Kill It

Update (15/04/2012)
Mashable: New CISPA Draft Narrows Security Language as Protests Loom
CISPA Discussion draft

Update (16/04/2012)
PC Mag: Internet Groups Launch Anti-CISPA Protest
Mashable: Week of Action Against CISPA Begins, But Don't Expect Web Blackouts
Truthout: CISPA, aka SOPA 2.0, Pushed Forward By For-Profit Spying Lobby
Techdirt: Speak Out Against CISPA: Join The Twitter Campaign And Contact Your Representative
Access Now: CISPA: The latest attempt to establish a massive surveillance state
EFF: Stop Cyber Spying

Update (17/04/2012)
Information Week: CISPA Bill: 5 Main Privacy Worries
PC World: CISPA Monitoring Bill: CHanges Proposed But Unlikely to Pacify Critics
CNET: CISPA gets a rewrite but still threatens Americans' security
LA Times: CISPA protests begin amid key changes to legislation
Sonoma State Star: CISPA may cause more trouble than it's worth

Update (18/04/2012)
EFF: Yes, CISPA Could Allow Companies to Filter or Block Internet Traffic 
Avaaz Contact tool for IBM, Microsoft and Facebook
The Guardian: Cispa will give US unprecedented access, internet privacy advocates warn
Forbes: Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Speaks Out Against CISPA
Computerworld: White House raises concern over CISPA bill
Chicago Tribune: CISPA Author Rogers: China's Cyber 'Predators' Must Be Stopped

Update (19/04/2012)
Wired: CISPA Isn't 'Son of SOPA' (But That's Not Saying Much)
TIME: 5 Reasons the CISPA Cibersecurity Bill Should Be Tossed
PSFK: What is CISPA?
Digital Trends: Stop CISPA? Cybersecurity bill adds six new co-sponsors in six days

 Update (20/04/2012)
AlterNet: 6 Things You Need to Know About the Government's New Spy Law (CISPA)
PCWorld: CISPA Illustrates Struggle Between Security and Privacy
CNET: CISPA cybersecurity bill 'not being rushed through' aide says
Informationweek: Is CISPA Worth Saving?
ITworld: 9 tech sector groups rally in support of CISPA

Access: Tell Web Companies: Protect Our Privacy

Update (21/04/2012)
All Twitter: Spreading CISPA Awareness (Similar to SOPA But Worse), Anonymous Initiates Tweet Bomb
Digital Journal (Press Release): Smart People Want It: Stop CISPA Says UmeNow CEO
Digital Trends: CISPA vote coming next week: How to fight back now

Update (23/04/2012)
TPM: CISPA Sponsor Confident of Bill's Passage
PC World: Hidden Dangers of CISPA

Update (24/04/2012)
Guardian: Cispa cybersecurity bill opposed by Obama administration (NB: Remember Obama  'opposed' the NDAA too)
LA Times: CISPA draws closer to a vote amid a flurry of amendments
Computerworld: CISAP concerns spread in congress
CNET: Opposition grows to CISPA 'Big Brother' cybersecurity bill
PC World: House Vote on Cyberthreat Sharing Bill CISPA Scheduled for Friday
Digital Trends: CISPA faces bi-partisan backlash ahead of House vote

Update (28/04/2012)*
 Guardian: Cispa approved by House but critics urge Senate to block 'horrible bill'
CNET: Microsoft backs away from CISPA support, citing privacy
WebProNews: Anonymous Announces Operation Defense Phase II in Response to CISPA




*apologies for delay IRL stuff (mainly school) is getting in the way a bit 

What's up with CISPA?

The Cyber-Intelligence Sharing and Protection act, in short sucks. Techdirt, Lumin Consulting, and CNET (probably amongst others) have probably explained why better than I ever will, but basically: CISPA is bad because it's so vaguely worded it can cause exactly [or at least a lot of] the same stuff that SOPA could have, and enables greater corporate complicity in handing over our information, should they choose. This circumvents other protections, from what I can gather.

And, because loads of internet sites rely on US traffic and are based in the US, this'll wreck quite a bit of the internet for the rest of us (the author of this is British) as well.