April 24, 2012 - Oppose Internet Censorship Bill: CISPA

April 24, 2012 - Oppose Internet Censorship Bill: CISPA

Stop Cyber Spying Week – Join EFF in a Week of Action Opposing CISPA

Congress is currently considering CISPA – the Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection Act – a bill that purports to protect the United States from “cyber threats” but would in fact create a gaping loophole in all existing privacy laws. If CISPA passes, companies could vacuum up huge swaths of data on everyday Internet users and share it with the government without a court order. I oppose CISPA, and I’m calling on Congress to reject any legislation that:

*  Uses dangerously vague language to define the breadth of data that can be shared with the government.
*  Hands the reins of America’s cybersecurity defenses to the NSA, an agency with no transparency and little accountability.
*  Allows data shared with the government to be used for purposes unrelated to cybersecurity.

Join me in opposing this bill by posting this statement on your own page and using this online form to send a letter to Congress against CISPA: https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8444

The Man Who Should Be President

The Man Who Should Be President

Parents of 50 Million Children to Lose Parental Rights

If your children attend public school, you are among those parents whose rights will end the moment your child enters the school. In 2005 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found inFields v. Palmdale School District “that the Meyer-Pierce right [of parents to direct the upbringing of their children] does not exist beyond the threshold of the school door.”

You read that right. The court originally held that Parental Rights “[do] not exist beyond the threshold of the school door.”

That line was so starkly offensive that it was edited out during an en banc review of the case, but the decision itself was retained, including the following:

“We conclude that the parents are possessed of no constitutional right to prevent the public schools from providing information on the subject [of sexuality] to their students in any forum or manner they select” (emphasis added).

Of course, most parents contend they don’t have a choice in where their children are schooled. Either economic constraints or personal circumstances leave them with no practical alternative to the local public school. And that leaves no parental rights at all... Read more @ Parents of 50 Million Children to Lose Parental Rights