Controversial Cybersecurity Bill Clears Senate In Bipartisan Vote

The Senate passed a controversial cybersecurity bill known as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) in a bipartisan vote on Tuesday. The legislation faced vocal opposition over privacy concerns from major tech firms including Apple and Twitter, as well as whistleblower Edward Snowden and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.


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But the package hasn’t won over civil liberties groups and leading CISA critic Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).

Wyden was joined in his no vote by a cohort of privacy-minded senators, including Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for president.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/257720-controversial-cyber-bill-clears-first-senate-hurdle