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Tech companies claim Congressional letter did not endorse CISA

Posted on September 28, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Fahmida Y. Rashid reports:

Tech companies are claiming the letter sent to Congress earlier this month urging lawmakers to resume work on cyber security legislation did not endorse any specific bill.

A privacy group launched an online protest, YouBetrayedUs, after the BSA Software Alliance, a consortium of software companies, sent a letter earlier this month to Congress that seemed to endorse the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). The group, Fight for the Future, called out the BSA and the 13 tech companies that signed the letter for ignoring user privacy and urged supporters to boycott the companies.

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