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#OperationCISPA: Anonymous unleashes online petition against US info-sharing bills

Posted on April 20, 2015June 30, 2025 by Dissent

John Leyden reports:

Activist and hacktivist collective Anonymous has launched an online awareness-raising operation opposing pending controversial US information-sharing bills.

Critics from across the political spectrum, including libertarian-minded technologist Robert Graham, argue that the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act sacrifices privacy without improving security.

Anonymous goes further still in arguing that the measures threaten Fourth Amendment protections against unwarranted searches and seizures, hence their decision to launch #OperationCISPA.

Read more on The Register.

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