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CISA

CISA stands for Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA) which the bill intended to help companies and the governments thwart hackers and other cyber-intrusions. To look deep down about this bill, we have too looked on the statements of Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga) based on the report of Forbes Online Website including:

• Requires the director of national intelligence to increase the sharing of classified and unclassified cyber threat information to the private sector, consistent with the protection of sources and methods.
• Authorizes individuals and companies to monitor their own computer networks and those of their consenting customers for cyber threats and to implement countermeasures to block those threats.
• Authorizes the voluntary sharing of cyber threat information by individuals and companies with each other and with the government. Such sharing is for cyber security purposes only and companies must take appropriate measures to protect against the sharing of personally identifying information.
• Puts in place liability protections for individuals and companies that appropriately monitor their networks or share cyber information.
• Requires federal government procedures for the receipt, sharing and use of cyber information. This includes the establishment of a “portal” managed by the Department of Homeland Security through which electronic cyber information will enter the government and be shared with other appropriate federal entities.
• Limits the government’s ability to use information it receives to cyber-related purposes to ensure it does not engage in inappropriate investigations or regulation. 
• Requires reports on the implementation of these authorities by the heads of federal departments, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and relevant inspectors general.

But there is opposition of this bill from the privacy advocates for the reason of improving surveillance ability of NSA which has a controversy due to illegal surveillance to the people thanks to Edward Snowden's Revelation .

So what oppositions can do to stop this bill? First, they need to know deep down about this bill. Second, if they confirm that this bill is against to the privacy of the people then they need to shout out peacefully to those lawmakers that this bill is against to privacy of the people. Third, if those lawmakers cannot hear them and pursuing this bill until it reaches on White House still shout out their voices added by encourage more people to join their cause. Fourth, if White House passes this bill ignoring those who will oppose of it so the last resort is to stop it in Higher Court. Then, if court decides to implement this bill so they have to advice the people of using evasion tools like deep web, anonymity, dark net and other tools if they want to remain private in internet. Finally, if those tools have been devastated and hack by those government to intrude the privacy of their citizens then the people should stop using technological tools to remain private.

For those supporters of this bill, if this bill proven that it will violate the privacy of the people still supporting this bill for excuse of preventing a cyber attack  then they are wrong because it will not stop a cyber attack but only to look the private lives of the people illegally and unjust act. To stop a cyber attack then the defense of internet’s infrastructure should be more upgrade, upgrade and upgrade which it can stop and prevent a cyber attack from those hackers and not approving this bill which intended to surveillance people illegally of their private lives if proven. Plus those lawmakers who approve this bill without looking the danger side of it then the people can take a payback by not voting them on 2016 elections.

(Note: This article is for the readers of USA and not the other country.)