The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is a proposed law that would allow for the exchange of internet traffic data between the U.S government and private companies. The general vagueness of the bill about how the government would be able to monitor the public set off multiple red flags for groups such as the Electronics Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union. Opponents of the bill claim that digital rights lobbyists who are trying to push their agenda through under the guise of security in order to avoid opposition like SOPA did in 2011. Reddit and thousands of other sites came together on April 22nd in a day of protest against the bill which they say gains little for security with much privacy sacrifice.
Reddit blackouts appeared on the main page as well as on many subreddits which serve as smaller sub communities on the site. It featured a banner announcement linking to the main CISPA discussion thread as a way of raising awareness of the bill. Most major news networks and newspapers did not mention the CISPA bill despite the major privacy impact it would impose on Americans. The bill is now headed to the Senate after passing a 288 to 127 vote in the house and faces a possible veto from president Obama. This bill would change how many online businesses operate and social changes in the use of data would lead to changes in the way that many of our modern technologies are used.
source: http://mashable.com/2013/04/22/reddit-cispa-blackouts/
http://rt.com/usa/cispa-limbo-senate-apathy-294/
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