Tech support for CISPA wobbles as Microsoft calls for privacy safeguards

Is Microsoft withdrawing its support for CISPA?

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) may have a strong backing in the tech world, but that began to look increasingly tenuous this weekend after software giant Microsoft seemed to walk back its support for the bill, warning that the company would now push lawmakers for additional privacy safeguards. That’s a big change for the company behind Windows and Xbox, which said in November that CISPA represented “an important first step towards addressing significant problems in cyber security,” and that Microsoft “applauds” lawmakers for pushing the bill. The company’s initial letter, written by Microsoft’s U.S. VP for government affairs, has been a key document in support of the bill: Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), CISPA’s author, even prominently featured Microsoft’s support on his official website. The software giant’s movement on the matter comes after a growing public outcry over CISPA...

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Thomas Sowell Returns

By: Thomas Winslow Hazlett Reason

Tax Bill Is Beginning of Formal Debt Criminalization

The noose is tightening on liberty. The United States Congress is steadily headed to a place where those who owe money to the US government shall be treated criminally. This phenomenon is advancing domestically and now, increasingly, internationally. The first shot in this latest campaign took place in 2010 when US President Barack Obama signed into law The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. It demanded, basically, that foreign banks withhold up to 30 percent of the income that an American abroad might earn. This bill isn't working so well because overseas banks are not cooperating (a state of affairs that was certainly expected). Thus, there is a need for something else: Senate Bill 1813, recently introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). This bill, in part, states that taxpayers with unpaid taxes over US$50,000 may find their passports confiscated. This isn't criminal per se, but the IRS has recently made noises about "sharing" information with police a...

Why Libertarianism Is So Dangerous (video)

A former libertarian abandons his dream of a voluntary world and explains the potential worse case scenario after the overnight disappearance of government. The ending will SHOCK you! Via: School Sucks Project . Fist bump: Anthony Gregory .

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