What's wrong with CISPA? (in as few words as possible)

As it's written, CISPA won't protect us from cyber threats, but it will violate our 4th Amendment right to privacy.

• It lets the government spy on you without a warrant. (read more)

• It makes it so you can’t even find out about it after the fact. (read more)

• It makes it so companies can’t be sued when they do illegal things with your data. (read more)

• It allows corporations to cyber-attack each other and individuals outside of the law. (read more)

• It makes every privacy policy on the web a moot point, and violates the 4th amendment. (read more)

UPDATE! IDL launched the 'Cat Signal' on March 20th, over 30K sites participated including Reddit, Craigslist, and Duck Duck Go. Press Release.

A phone call is worth 100 petition signatures...

CISPA is an urgent threat. We've heard that Congress will be attempting to push it to a floor vote as soon as they return from recess. Last year, CISPA rushed through the house before anyone had time to react. We can't let that happen again. The risks are too great.

Can you pick up the phone right now and leave a message for your Congressperson? Let's make sure that when they return from recess, their mail boxes are completely full of voices against CISPA's privacy intrusions.

We made this handy tool that lets you find your Congresspersons' phone numbers with just one click. Hit the button below and try it out!

Which companies will really go to bat for you?

The companies and organizations below have proven their true commitment to user privacy by vocally opposing CISPA. How legit is that? These companies are actually saying, “We want to be sued if we do something illegal with your data.” That’s how you know they are actually taking your privacy seriously. If Google, Twitter, and Facebook are ready to walk the walk, they’ll join this list!

4chan

Amicus

Automattic

Cheezburger, Inc.

Craigslist

Duck Duck Go

Entertainment Consumers Association

Floor 64

Gliph

Girardin Development

Imgur

Mozilla

Namecheap

New York Tech Meetup

Private Internet Access

Reddit

ServInt

TorServers

Media Information:

This is a campaign of Fight for the Future and the Center for Rights.

For press inquiries, email: press@fightforthefuture.org

Phone: 508-474-5248

Press Release: "Demand Progress and Fight for the Future Deliver over 300K Signatures Against CISPA."

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Media Coverage:

• Washington Post, "Digital rights activists vow to fight CISPA"

• BBC News, "Net 'bat signal' activated for privacy protests

• New York Times, "The President revives an old debate about privacy"

• Al Jazeera, "CISPA resurrected, privacy concerns continue"

• Rolling Stone, "Congress is trying to kill internet privacy again"

• Mashable, "Internet Activists Deliver 300,000 Anti-CISPA Signatures to Congress"

• Huffington Post, "Web Giants Fight CISPA, Push Back Against Resurrection of Cybersecurity Bill

• The Hill, "Privacy groups prepare to hit back on cybersecurity bill"

• ComputerWorld, "Privacy groups protest CISPA bill"

• DailyDot, "Activists will troll CISPA's sponsors with 1 million tweets"

• Mashable, "Reddit, Craigslist, and 30,000 other sites protest CISPA"