Facebook Says It Has 'No Intention' To Abuse CISPA 103
An anonymous reader writes "Facebook is supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). SOPA and PIPA were about intellectual property, and allowed courts to remove DNS listings for any website hosting pirated content. CISPA is meanwhile about security, and makes it possible for companies to share user information with the U.S. government (and vice versa) if the parties believe it is needed for the greater cyber security good. That being said, CISPA has loopholes that allow it to be abused, especially when it comes to Intellectual Property and privacy. Facebook says it will not do that, and will instead work on closing these loopholes."
Re:Because, Lord knows... (Score:4, Interesting)
How is it "invading" someone's privacy when they willingly give away their personal information to you?
Merely "legalizing" the sharing of Private Data (Score:2, Interesting)
"We Won't Abuse CISPA" (Score:4, Interesting)
"We'll use it, EXACTLY as intended!"
"Abusing" CISPA would involve actions like demanding due process for actions by police and government agencies, or insisting on Warrants in the case of investigations and seizures. Facebook intends no such thing.
Welcome to the desert of the real.