The People Trying To Ruin The Internet: John McCain
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/05/john_mccain_internet_killer.php
At the Voice, we have been regularly following internet policy developments. We figured it would be cool -- maybe even a public service? -- to ID people who keep pushing for web-killing proposals such as CISPA, SOPA, and PIPA in this new, occasional feature: "The People Trying To Ruin The Internet." Enjoy!
Since the U.S. House of Representatives hastily passed CISPA in April, some have wondered: What will the Senate do?
It seems like Joseph Lieberman isn't the only senator to try to answer that question.
John McCain has also sponsored cybersecurity legislation.
Unlike Lieberman's proposed law, McCain's CISPA-esque bill would call for voluntary sharing of info between critical internet infrastructure and law enforcement.
However, the problem identified by web freedom advocates is that the legislation does not seem to adequately protect privacy and might encourage the National Security Agency to snoop on private individuals -- they say that the language of the would-be law is so broad that it would allow for companies to give e-mails to the government.