Remember SOPA, where Congress would bar access to online content protected under the First Amendment? Well now there's CISPA — the Cybersecurity Information and Sharing Protection Act — and this legislation does something scarier.

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It's an attempt to give the government and military agencies unprecedented power to snoop through people's personal information. This includes medical records, private emails, financial information — and the government can do it without a warrant, proper oversight or limits.

ACLU: Tell Congress: No cyber spying, no CISPA

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Heard of CISPA yet? It’s the latest attempt to give the government access to your private information online. You can oppose it by taking action with the ACLU here.