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CISPA would allow for the government and private companies to exchange information about cyber threats. If Homeland Security became aware of a planned hack of Facebook, for example, it could notify the appropriate people at the social network. Where it gets controversial is that CISPA would also allow Facebook to tell the feds - or other tech firms - if detected hackers on its network.Specifically, CISPA would "empower American businesses to share anonymous cyber threat information with others in the private sector and enable the private sector to share information with the government on a purely voluntary basis."CISPA supporters argue that this type of information sharing just makes sense; how can you thwart or battle an attack if you don't know about it? Opponents, however, argue that CISPA would allow for companies like Facebook or Google to hand over personal information about their users in the name of cyber security. Those companies are provided with good-faith immunity in the event of an attack and theft of personal information."What constitutes 'good faith' is unclear on the face of CISPA, given its overall vagueness—which is likely to make difficult any attempt at litigating against companies," the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which opposes CISPA, argued last year.
But remember it's the Republicans who are the "fascists".
