Facebook Explains Support For Controversial Cybersecurity Bill CISPA

Friday, April 13, 2012 Facebook Explains Support For Controversial Cybersecurity Bill CISPA Facebook on Friday sought to explain its support for cybersecurity legislation that has come under fire from civil liberties groups who say the bill does not protect consumers from having their private data shared with the government. FACEBOOK'S INSTAGRAB Fake Angry Birds Strikes Android Users With Malware Ashton Kutcher's Latest Startup Bet And Now There's A Wristwatch For Android Users Apple Releases New Tool To Kill Mac Trojan BLOG POSTS Bianca Bosker: Why A Picture Is Worth $1 Billion: Instagram Has Moments, While Facebook Has Memories Understanding Facebook's Instagram affair means starting with the simple fact that the app mastered an activity that makes up the heart and soul of Facebook: sharing photos among friends. Brad Reid: Electronically Transmitted Source Code Not Stolen Goods Under the National Stolen Property Act It is clear that Congress must act to address the electronic transmission of stolen property if the intellectual property theft statutes are to be meaningful in our digital environment. Josh Levy: Online Spying, Brought to You by Facebook You'd think online services would oppose something like this -- but in fact Facebook, Microsoft and others support it. Under CISPA, they wouldn't be required to share any information about their users with authorities. But if they chose to do so, the bill would protect them from any legal blowback. Shawn Amos: WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media So are we in a tech bubble? Or is social media such a different animal that we need to redefine the whole idea of what a company is worth? Adam Levin: Hacking the Federal Log Jam: One Agency at a Time Twelve weeks ago, the Economic Development Administration was the target of a sophisticated hack attack. What's shocking is not that it happened, it's that despite the return to pre-historic fax-machine technology, the EDA seems to be functioning fairly well, perhaps even better in some ways.

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