We’re hearing that the US House of Representatives is set to vote this Thursday on the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Now we need to ramp up our response. Can you to reach out to friends and family and tell them to sign the open letter urging tech companies to drop their support of the bill?

CISPA affects all internet users, even those not in the US, because anyone who uses sites like Facebook and Google could see their information shared with the US government under the law. So be sure to share the petition with everyone you know, no matter where they live. 

Right now, the US is poised to pass a new law that would permit US agents to spy on almost everything we do online. But we can stop them before the final vote. 

Companies that we trust with our personal information, like Microsoft and Facebook, are key supporters of this bill that lets corporations share all user activity and content with US government agents without needing a warrant in the name of cyber-security — nullifying privacy guarantees for almost everyone around the world, no matter where we live and surf online. 

If enough of us speak out, we can stop companies that profit from our business from supporting cyber-spying. Sign the petition to these key net corporations now:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?vl 

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would allow companies doing business in the US to collect exact records of all of our online activities and hand them over to the US government, without ever notifying us that we are being watched. No warrant, no legal cause and no due process required. To make matters worse, the bill provides the government and corporations with blanket immunity to protect them from being sued for violation of privacy and other illegal actions. 

The bill’s supporters claim that consumer information will be protected, but the reality is that huge loopholes would make everything we do online fair game — and nowadays, from banking to shopping, our private information is all stored on the Internet. 

CISPA is being moved forward in Congress and will be voted upon in days. Let’s raise a massive outcry to stop corporations from giving the US a blank check to monitor our every move. Click below to take action: 

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa_corporate_global/?vl 

This year, we helped stop SOPA, PIPA and ACTA — all dire threats to the Internet. Now, let’s block CISPA and end the US government attack on our Internet. 

You won’t believe it, but they’re messing with out internet again. 

In an attempt to address cyber threats, the US government is trying to pass a bill that would allow for the unlimited sharing of personal data amongst and between private companies and the government, without a single safeguard for privacy or civil liberties.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is a serious threat to our privacy, and if passed could have a ripple effect across the world. But there is still time to stop it. We need to convince technology companies supporting CISPA that protecting us against cyber threats does not have to come at the expense of our privacy.

I’ve already signed the Access petition urging these 30 companies to stand up for their users and drop their CISPA. And I think you should too. Add your name to the petition by clicking below:

https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/protect-our-privacy