The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cybersecurity bill that would set up a system for the government to collect information from Web and telcom companies on user activities thought to be potentially dangerous to national security, passed the U.S. House in April but stalled after that, with a distinctly different Senate version failing to pass in August.
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