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Cybersecurity Act Would Give President Power to 'Shut Down' Internet
By Greg Fulton

A recently proposed but little-noticed Senate bill would allow the federal government to shut down the Internet in times of declared emergency, and enables unprecedented federal oversight of private network administration. Ref. Source 8

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I wonder to what extent we're talking here. Is that just part of the net or some networks? Really you can't shut down the net.

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US cybersecurity bill passes in House

The US House of Representatives has passed a cybersecurity bill that would allow the government and companies to share information about hacking, but which has raised privacy concerns and a veto threat from the White House. Ref. Source 4

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Questions loom about Obama's cybersecurity plans

With opposition growing to reported plans by President Obama to issue an Executive Order to bolster cybersecurity for the nation's critical infrastructure, the question now is whether the White House will plow ahead or drop the idea quietly in an election year. Ref. Source 3

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Congress Drops All Pretense: Quietly Turns CISA Into A Full On Surveillance Bill:

Remember CISA? The "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act"? It's getting much, much worse, with Congress and the administration looking to ram it through -- in the process, dropping any pretense that it's not a surveillance bill. Ref. Source 8x

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I know the necessity of having laws like this in place but its totally scary that there should need to be something like this.